TarihinIndiya yana da alaƙa da ɗimbin al'adu da ɗimbin tarihinta, wanda ya tashi sama da shekaru 5,000.Wayewar farko kamar wayewar kwarin Indus na daga cikin na farko da ci gaba a duniya.Tarihin Indiya ya ga dauloli da masarautu daban-daban, kamar Masarautar Maurya, Gupta, da Mughal , kowannensu yana ba da gudummawa ga tarin al'adu, addini, da falsafa.Kamfanin British East India Company ya fara kasuwancinsa a Indiya a cikin karni na 17, yana fadada tasirinsa a hankali.A tsakiyar karni na 19, Indiya ta kasance karkashin ikon Birtaniyya sosai.Wannan lokacin ya ga aiwatar da manufofin da suka amfana da Biritaniya a kuɗin Indiya, wanda ya haifar da rashin jin daɗi.Dangane da martani, guguwar kishin ƙasa ta mamaye Indiya a ƙarshen ƙarni na 19 da farkon 20th.Shugabanni irin su Mahatma Gandhi da Jawaharlal Nehru sun fito, suna masu fafutukar neman 'yancin kai.Hanyar Gandhi na rashin biyayyar jama'a ba tare da tashin hankali ba ya sami goyon baya sosai, yayin da wasu kamar Subhas Chandra Bose suka yi imani da ƙarin tsayin daka.Muhimman abubuwan da suka faru kamar Maris Salt da Quit India Movement sun mamaye ra'ayin jama'a game da mulkin Burtaniya.Yaƙin neman yancin kai ya ƙare a cikin 1947, amma an lalata shi ta hanyar raba Indiya zuwa ƙasashe biyu: Indiya da Pakistan .Wannan rarrabuwar ta samo asali ne saboda bambance-bambancen addini, inda Pakistan ta zama al'ummar Musulmi mafi rinjaye, Indiya kuma tana da mabiya Hindu.Rarraba ta haifar da ɗaya daga cikin ƙaura mafi girma na ɗan adam a tarihi kuma ya haifar da gagarumin tashin hankali na al'umma, wanda yayi tasiri sosai ga yanayin zamantakewa da siyasa na ƙasashen biyu.