When Lord Salisbury asked the Russian Minister of the Interior how many agents the Tsar had in India, the reply came as a shock.

James Tod brought order to Udaipur after years of turmoil, but not everyone appreciated him.

Vijay Singh, Raja of Jodhpur, was left to fend for himself after his army deserted him.

Prussia’s invasion of Silesia in 1740 plunged Europe into turmoil, and a French invasion of England became a very real threat.

As Viceroy of India, Lord Ripon was rather more popular with the people of India than he was with some of his own civil servants.

John Bright MP urged a critic of the British Raj to offer India more than fine words.