A maths prodigy from Madras became so wrapped up in his sums that he forgot to pass his examinations.

Adam Smith argued that the Bengal Famine of 1769 would have been much less of a tragedy under a free trade policy.

The Governor of Bengal accused the East India Company of turning a crisis into a humanitarian catastrophe.

George Santayana had the chance to observe our national character at the height of Empire.

Canadian sailor William Hall was summoned over to India to help face down the Indian Mutiny.

During the Indian Mutiny, over a thousand men, women and children were trapped in the Commissioner’s residence at Lucknow.