The East India Company installed Mir Kasim as Nawab of Bengal, only to find that he had a mind of his own.

The British encountered no stouter resistance in India than Mysore’s gifted commmander Hyder Ali and his son, Tipu.

The Princely State of Mysore (today in Karnataka) was hailed as an example of good governance to all the world.

Samuel Smiles reminds us that until we brought the railways to India, we had little to boast about as an imperial power.

The opening of the Bombay to Thane line was the real beginning of British India.

A young Indian student from Cambridge was selected for England’s cricket team after public pressure.