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Susannah Gillard
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‘I wish to remain in Bombay’: Testimony of liberated enslaved women in 19th century
In 1847, the East India Company’s Indian Navy captured vessels with 47 women and girls and 12 boys in the Persian Gulf and brought them into Bombay Harbour.
Susannah Gillard
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Politics, revelry and massacres: East India Company logs reveal what happened on trade ships
Entries between the 1600s and 1800s record finances, weather patterns and life at sea.
Susannah Gillard
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How Britain sought to drum up support for the Allies in Indonesia during WWII
The Ministry of Information wanted to circulate portraits of Muslim rulers who had pledged their support to the war effort.
Susannah Gillard
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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Will bring back electoral bonds after wider consultations, says Nirmala Sitharaman