Subjects

India

Stories from the ancient and mighty civilisation of India, from classical mythology to the Mughal Emperors, the East India Company and the British Raj.

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The Righting of Wrongs

John Bright MP urged a critic of the British Raj to offer India more than fine words.

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Precision and Dispatch

The first setbacks for the German Empire in the Great War came courtesy of ANZAC troops.

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Kim’s Game

Kim O’Hara starts his apprenticeship as a British spy with a little competition.

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Progressive Travancore

Contemporary historian Ramanath Aiyar catalogued the ways in which Maharajah Moolam Thurunal led the way in modernising British India.

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Engines of Progress

Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, shared his excitement at the way railways were making Indians more independent.

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The Seven Years’ War

Georgian Britain braced for war as relations with France in North America, India and mainland Europe took a turn for the worse.