Sir Henry Craik had heard such glowing reports of Agra’s Taj Mahal, that he was afraid it might prove to be an anticlimax.

John Buchan was moved by the way the nations of the British Empire volunteered for service in the Great War.

Before Siraj ud-Daulah became Nawab of Bengal in 1756, his grandfather begged him to keep the English sweet, and put no trust in Jafar Ali Khan. If he had only listened...

In 1327, Mohammad bin Tughluq gave every man, woman and child in Delhi just three days’ notice to quit.

Thomas Pitt’s tenure as Governor of Madras was regarded as a golden age, but what he is remembered for is his diamond.

A dozy rabbit gets an idea into his head and soon all the animals of India are running for their lives.