Key points British Empire overview activity The East India Company How did the East India Company take control of India? At first, they sailed to the East Indies, which are now modern-day ...

It was probably not the first commission of Indian artists by British patrons. "The Study of Botany is of late Years become a very general Amusement," noted one enthusiast, and we know that the ...

Emperor Paul I and one of the leaders of the Bolsheviks, Leon Trotsky, wanted to take away the main source of wealth from the British. “The Jewel in the Crown” is what the British called India.

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The Great Mughal, Song of Draupadi, Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens, and Begums of the Mughal Empire, and Heroines: ...

But the partition of British India into the new nations by a line drawn by a civil servant on a map, triggered a series of events the consequences of which millions are still living with today.

After the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the British were ceded control of the province of Bengal. By 1857, the time of the First War of Indian Independence (or, as it was known to the British at the time ...

A new art exhibition featuring sculptures and installations inspired by an artist's South Asian heritage has opened.Journey ...

BRIGHTON: An Indian-origin woman and her husband are celebrating after charges that would have criminalised her Hindu prayers on the beach were thrown out of court. Sheila Jacklin (61), a British ...

A British man visiting the US has revealed the surprising taste differences between a typical British-Indian takeaway compared to its American variety. James Edwards, 22, from the UK, took to ...

Welcome to the 2024 GBP INR history summary. This is the British Pound (GBP) to Indian Rupee (INR) exchange rate history data page for the year of 2024, covering 280 days of GBP INR historical data.

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