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Job’s City of Joy

The East India Company’s top agent in India was also the man who put Calcutta on the world map.

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Srinivasa Ramanujan

By Clay Lane

A maths prodigy from Madras became so wrapped up in his sums that he forgot to pass his examinations.

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An Avoidable Tragedy

By Adam Smith

Adam Smith argued that the Bengal Famine of 1769 would have been much less of a tragedy under a free trade policy.

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The Great Bengal Famine

By Clay Lane

The Governor of Bengal accused the East India Company of turning a crisis into a humanitarian catastrophe.

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William Hall VC

By Clay Lane

Canadian sailor William Hall was summoned over to India to help face down the Indian Mutiny.

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The Siege of Lucknow

By Clay Lane

During the Indian Mutiny, over a thousand men, women and children were trapped in the Commissioner’s residence at Lucknow.