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‘Please Respect our Traditions’

Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens took his wartime protest straight to the top.

590

Srinivasa Ramanujan

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

591

An Avoidable Tragedy

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

592

The Great Bengal Famine

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

593

The Christmas Egg

Anglo-Saxon abbot Elfric tentatively likened the new-born Jesus to an egg.

594

William Hall VC

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