70th anniversary partition

India/ Pakistan partition.

The 70th anniversary of India/Pakistan partition and independence is commemorated in  August 2017
Here are some resources for researching its history.

British Library has a chronology of independence events.
It also has a resource guide to items available in the India Office records. These include some transcripts of government documents and contemporary photographs.

The National Archives has an excellent teaching resource the Road to Partition. These include the text of primary source documents 1939-1947.
they include Mountbatten's radio broadcast, memos from Jinnah, Attlee and Churchill.
For Further details on teaching see the Runnymede Trust report on the challenges and opportunities in teaching partition

The UK Parliamentary archives has a page which lists  the files they have available.
you can also consult the 1947 act of parliament which granted independence
The Hansard Millbank website provides access to parliamentary debates regarding the reading of the bill in the House of Commons. 

1947 Partition archive - Stanford University.
consult personal memories. Many of the interviews have been conducted by volunteer Citizen Historians from 12 countries including Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Spain, Israel, France, Sweden, and Hong Kong

For other historic images of events see
British Pathe News which has some coverage of the independence ceremony.
Express of India has published some rare photographs of events on its website
The Hindu - articles from their 1947 archive.

Useful projects
1947 partition archive
useful news, oral history accounts and links to many web resources from this site.
Grand Trunk project
developed in partnership with faith leaders, community activists and facilitated by the Faiths Forum for London.it aims to spotlight the history, gather oral accounts and facilitate inter community communication about their stories.