How the bold, hopeful visions of self-determination in Britain’s eastern colonies curdled into a more militant nationalism by the end of the second world war.

The East India Company was started by merchants close merchantA person involved in buying and selling items, usually between different countries. In the British Empire, this was done using a lot ...

To the East India Company and the British ... A map from 1758 by Jacques-Nicholas Bellin reveals the inflection point in the history of South India. The map has just about every empire represented ...

To the British, India served as the jewel of the British Empire. The coffers of Britain overflowed with wealth extracted from the subcontinent. The initial acquisition of India under the British ...

"The fall of the Mughal Empire and the rise of British rule in India is a narrative steeped in ambition, conflict, and cultural upheaval. From the decline of the last Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah ...