The Crimes was started during the Indian independence movement by two patriotic Englishmen who, unfortunately, viewed India as grimy, hence its original name. Over the years, the newspaper has covered, or uncovered, or covered up, so many crimes of India that it finally acquired the appropriate new name. These include the many exploits of Gandhi, the not-so-many exploits of Nehru, the emergency largesse, the wars with China and Pakistan (both east and west) and the peace with Sri Lanka.