Sir William Hunter looks back over a Government committee’s plan to
introduce tea cultivation to India in 1834.
bySir William Wilson Hunter1840-1900
Liberty and Prosperity
A Dream of Independence
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.
byJohn Bright1811-1889
Indian History
Shivaji and the Battle of Surat
Charles II was thinking about handing Bombay back to the Portuguese, when an Indian rebel stepped in.
Indian History
Two Queens of Travancore
Lakshmi and her sister Parvati enlisted the help of the British Resident, Colonel Munro, to steady the Kingdom of Travancore.
The Second World War
Hearts of Steel
The Maharaja of Jodhpur called on his subjects to do their bit and stop the Nazis.
byMaharaja Umaid Singh of Jodhpur1903-1947
Indian History
Press Agents
When Lord Salisbury asked the Russian Minister of the Interior how many agents the Tsar had in India, the reply came as a shock.