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- 17 Aug 2026BankingRailwaysSSC
Current affairs, 17 August 2026: the Radcliffe Line, published on this day in 1947
A roundup for 17 August 2026: the Radcliffe Line published on 17 August 1947, how the India–Pakistan boundary was drawn, and the important boundary lines a geography and history paper asks you to match.
- 16 Aug 2026BankingRailwaysSSC
Current affairs, 16 August 2026: Direct Action Day, 1946, and the road to Partition
A roundup for 16 August 2026: Direct Action Day of 16 August 1946 and the Great Calcutta Killings, the Cabinet Mission Plan behind it, and the sequence of events from 1946 to Partition that a modern-history paper tests.
- 15 Aug 2026BankingRailwaysSSC
Current affairs, 15 August 2026: the 80th Independence Day, and Vande Mataram at the Red Fort for the first time
A roundup for 15 August 2026: the 80th Independence Day at the Red Fort, the ceremonial details a paper leans on, and Vande Mataram sung at the Red Fort for the first time on Independence Day in its 150th year.
- 14 Aug 2026BankingRailways
Current affairs, 14 August 2026: Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, and the eve of the 80th Independence Day
A roundup for 14 August 2026: why 14 August is Partition Horrors Remembrance Day and the 1947 partition it recalls, and a primer for the 80th Independence Day on 15 August, the Red Fort address and the facts an awareness paper leans on.
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