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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 Overland Mail’
By Rudyard Kipling
A tribute to the postal workers of British India, and to the kind of empire they helped to build.
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Hyder Ali and Tipu
By Clay Lane
The British encountered no stouter resistance in India than Mysore’s gifted commmander Hyder Ali and his son, Tipu.
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Mysore’s Golden Age
The Princely State of Mysore (today in Karnataka) was hailed as an example of good governance to all the world.
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Britain’s Best Gift to India
By Samuel Smiles
Samuel Smiles reminds us that until we brought the railways to India, we had little to boast about as an imperial power.
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India’s First Railway
The opening of the Bombay to Thane line was the real beginning of British India.
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Ranji
A young Indian student from Cambridge was selected for England’s cricket team after public pressure.
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