The British were met with fire and fury when they tried to conduct a census in 1870s Bengal

John O’Brien

· Nov 26, 2019 · 01:30 pm

The heartless way in which the British dealt with the widows of Indian soldiers

Hedley Sutton

· Nov 17, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Portugal gifted Bombay to Britain in 1661. So why did a Portuguese militia stay behind?

Hedley Sutton

· Oct 19, 2019 · 08:30 pm

A British merchant’s journey from Madras to England gives a glimpse into early days of colonialism

Anu Kumar

· Jul 24, 2019 · 11:30 am

Fifty years after 1857, a British mother used the Uprising to try to get an Army job for her son

Hedley Sutton

· Jun 24, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Raj-era painter Sita Ram went unnoticed for decades. Now, an art curator may have found his protege

JP Losty

· Apr 17, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Not only Kashmir: Till 1950, every Indian province had a prime minister

Shoaib Daniyal

· Apr 06, 2019 · 07:30 am

Indians spend a lot on ‘tamashas’: A British female traveller offers a glimpse into colonial life

Anu Kumar

· Jan 31, 2019 · 11:30 am

How the Indian everyman became a subject of art

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· Jan 06, 2019 · 11:30 am

Why did British prime minister Attlee think Bengal was going to be an independent country in 1947?

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jan 06, 2019 · 08:00 am

Photos: An Indian couple has built a collection of 4,500 Raj-era picture postcards

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Dec 09, 2018 · 11:30 am

‘Streets...were littered with dead’: Old reports recount the 1918 flu epidemic in India

Antonia Moon

· Nov 05, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Leave India after age of six: A surgeon’s child-care tips for British parents during colonial rule

Margaret Makepeace

· Sep 01, 2018 · 01:30 pm

What the English poet Louis MacNeice saw and felt when he travelled to newly independent India

Deborah Baker

· Aug 30, 2018 · 08:30 am

When British officials sought pensions for select residents of Colaba after annexing the region

John O'Brien

· Aug 20, 2018 · 01:30 pm

A slice of history: What a British city plan tells us about late 17th century Madras

Stefan Halikowski Smith

· Feb 04, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Curry from the colonies: The incredible advice for young brides from Raj-era cookbooks

Anu Kumar

· Jan 16, 2018 · 11:30 am

Video: Gir became the last refuge of the Asiatic lion thanks to the Nawab of Junagadh

Ramakrishnan M

· Dec 08, 2017 · 08:45 am

Video: How Indians took to tea after a century of aggressive marketing campaigns

Ramakrishnan M

· Nov 16, 2017 · 08:45 am

What it was like being an Indian soldier fighting for the British in World War II

Diya Gupta, The Conversation

· Nov 12, 2017 · 09:30 pm