Sir Henry Craik had heard such glowing reports of Agra’s Taj Mahal,
that he was afraid it might prove to be an anticlimax.
bySir Henry Craik1846-1927
Sport and Sportsmen
Ranji’s Revenge
Cricketing legend W. G. Grace tells a story illustrating how
fellow-batsman K. S. Ranjitsinhji set about winning the hearts of English cricketers.
byW. G. Grace1848-1915
Indian History
The Making of Tommy Atkins
In all his years of soldiering at home and abroad, Major-General George Younghusband had never heard British soldiers talk like those in Kipling’s tales.
byMajor-General Sir George John Younghusband1859-1944
Indian History
Massacre at Amritsar
After one of the worst outrages in modern British history, Winston Churchill stood up in the House of Commons to label the Amritsar Massacre an act of terrorism.
byWinston Spencer Churchill1874-1965
History of China
‘Tremblingly Obey!’
Following a historic embassy in 1792-93, Chien Lung, the Emperor of China,
despatched a haughty letter rebuffing King George III’s offer of trade.
byJawaharlal Nehru1889-1964
Indian History
A Page Out of Pageantry
In 1932, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession, the
Jam Sahib brought vanished days back to Nawanagar with a lavish hand.