British Raj
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A new book talks of IM Lall, the ICS officer who defied the British Empire and won a case against it
Chander M Lall
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A new biography of David Hare examines how the educationist reformed schools in colonial India
Sarojesh Mukherjee
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In this new novel, a young man joins the INA after being dismissed from a British paramilitary unit
Vijay Balan
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Santal Rebellion 1855: This book explores why it took place, how it was fought, and the way it ended
Peter Stanley
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Emily Eden’s diary reveals what New Year’s Eve meant for memsahibs in British India
Ipshita Nath
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An examination guide from 1868 shows what it took to join the Bombay Native Infantry
Margaret Makepeace
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How did the British reform mental healthcare in India? This book studies the history
Daman Singh
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‘The Bicycle Diaries’: The tale of Indian cyclists who circumnavigated the world of a century ago
Savia Viegas Anoop Babani
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Attempts to access the Mountbattens’ diaries that cover India’s Partition are being stonewalled
Jenny Hocking, The Conversation
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In 1857, a play in London dramatised the Indian Rebellion with action, comedy and romance
Lesley Shapland
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A British Army officer’s wife’s account of a route march in colonial India
Margaret Makepeace
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How Jaipur’s ruler used gift diplomacy to portray his state as an equal to England
Aparna Andhare, Sahapedia.org
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How World War I planes found their way to Junagarh – and what that has to do with the camel corps
Tiggy Allen, Sahapedia.org
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A woman’s account from 1800s reveals the plight of Indian indentured labour in the Caribbean
Purba Hossain
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A hundred years ago, a fiery speech in Uttarakhand escalated the protests against forced labour
Shekhar Pathak
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How a Bombay merchant’s letter set off the British military campaign to dominate the Persian Gulf
Sultan Muhammad al-Qasimi David Woodbridge
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Muhammad Najib Khan, a Sufi soldier and manuscript collector in 18th-century southern India
Ursula Sims-Williams
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Demonetisation anniversary: The Raj currency note withdrawal of 1946 had uncanny parallels with 2016
Goonja Mukherjee
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Why early feminists in India were accused of being puppets of the British
Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com
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How a suicide in Calcutta in 1800s sparked a debate on applying English laws in India
Matthew Waters