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John O'Brien
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‘It is my duty to arrest you’: Gerald Wilson, a Bombay police officer who took Gandhi into custody
He served in the police during a turbulent time in modern Indian history.
John O'Brien
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‘Jallianwala Bagh will be immortal in the world’: Publications the British deemed seditious
After the massacre in Amritsar, the colonial government issued a series of notifications for the seizure or suppression of ‘anti-British’ writing.
John O'Brien
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Hello from the other side: A map shows telephone connectivity in India in 1934
In the mid-1930s the telephone system only linked the major urban centres.
John O'Brien
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Indore Congress candidate backed out days after attempt-to-murder charge added to 17-year-old case
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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When British officials sought pensions for select residents of Colaba after annexing the region
For the British, the occupation of the princely state in the present-day Raigad district had some unintended consequences.
John O'Brien
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When an Indian Army contingent was invited to visit Britain in 1919
The contingent had a victory march through London, were given awards by the King and spent several weeks touring the country.
John O'Brien
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Essays by ‘Bevan Boys’: How Britain convinced Indians to join engineering training during WWII
A scheme in the 1940s provided training to young Indians who otherwise would not have had the means to travel to Britain.
John O'Brien
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home