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By Henry Alken, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
After its prime minister signed the Maratha Confederacy over to the East India Company, the member states rose up in a body.
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© T. L. Thompson, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hannah Mullens describes her battle to reach out to wealthy Indian ladies with nothing to do, nothing to think about and nowhere to go.
© Maverick.bukhari, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Emperor Akbar’s court physician told his nobles that beneath the waters of a lake was a dry, cosy room, and dared them to find a way in.
Richard Caton Woodville, Jr. (1856–1927), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
A witness appeared before a Calcutta court, only to find that judge and learned counsel were determined to discredit her.
By Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
When he left Calcutta in February 1799 for a tour of Europe, Abu Taleb Khan scarcely expected to spend so much of his time in England trying to keep out of the courts.
© Clément Bardot, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
In 1585, English merchant Ralph Fitch found himself at the heart of Mughal India, as a guest at the court of Emperor Akbar the Great.