In 1932, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession, the
Jam Sahib brought vanished days back to Nawanagar with a lavish hand.
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The Tea Committee
BySir William Wilson Hunter
Sir William Hunter looks back over a Government committee’s plan to
introduce tea cultivation to India in 1834.
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A Dream of Independence
ByJohn Bright
In 1877, John Bright told a meeting of the Manchester India Association that he had
wanted to put India on the path to independence nearly twenty years before.
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Shivaji and the Battle of Surat
Charles II was thinking about handing Bombay back to the Portuguese, when an Indian rebel stepped in.
35
Two Queens of Travancore
ByClay Lane
Lakshmi and her sister Parvati enlisted the help of the British Resident, Colonel Munro, to steady the Kingdom of Travancore.
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Hearts of Steel
ByMaharaja Umaid Singh of Jodhpur
The Maharaja of Jodhpur called on his subjects to do their bit and stop the Nazis.