Colonial history
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When the British asked the French to jail Madame Cama, the ‘mother of Indian revolution’
John O’Brien
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In the 1830s, children from orphan asylums in Madras were sent to New South Wales
Margaret Makepeace
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In images: The anger in India against the Raj-appointed Simon Commission
John O’Brien
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In 1830s Persia, ill-considered favours by a British official put his successor in a tight spot
Curstaidh Reid
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In the 1760s, a sailor from Bengal was sentenced to death after a string of robberies in England
Karen Stapley
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In searching for my ancestor Miguel of Mazagon, I found his role in a key Anglo-Portuguese deal
Megan deSouza Denis Rodrigues
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What a 17th-century Dutch painting of an Indian boy tells us about migration today
Ajay Gandhi
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This ambitious history of the British Empire touches on everything from the Mahabharata to Marx
Kim A Wagner
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1918 Bombay Fever: How voluntary groups sprang up in the face of state ‘neglect’
Mridula Ramanna
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A tale of two cities: What made Calcutta’s sex workers escape to a French colony in 19th century
Devarsi Ghosh
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How science’s dark imperial past still shapes research today – and what we can do about it
Rohan Deb Roy, The Conversation
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What it was like being an Indian soldier fighting for the British in World War II
Diya Gupta, The Conversation