When three Gujarati merchants asked the British for help against the Dutch

Muzaffar Alam Sanjay Subrahmanyam

· Dec 26, 2022 · 07:30 pm

A ‘curious’ gold mask, four rings: When the UK’s India Office sold jewels and silver in 1862

Margaret Makepeace

· Oct 09, 2022 · 01:30 pm

The story of Henry Coxwell, who invented the ‘concrete lemon’ crystals supplied to British sailors

Margaret Makepeace

· Sep 13, 2022 · 07:30 pm

An 18th-century letter to Bombay shows what it was like to be in service of the East India Company

Peter Good

· Aug 17, 2022 · 01:30 pm

A set of family letters reveals how East India Company maritime commands were sold

Margaret Makepeace

· Jul 25, 2022 · 09:30 pm

‘A grand new palace of administration’: When Britain’s India Office got a new address in 1867

Margaret Makepeace

· Jul 11, 2022 · 07:30 pm

‘I wish to remain in Bombay’: Testimony of liberated enslaved women in 19th century

Susannah Gillard

· Jun 19, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Who created the term Hinduism? And why did the British feel the need to defend Hinduism?

Devdutt Pattanaik

· Feb 15, 2022 · 08:30 am

In 1830s Persia, ill-considered favours by a British official put his successor in a tight spot

Curstaidh Reid

· Jan 08, 2022 · 09:30 pm

In the 1760s, a sailor from Bengal was sentenced to death after a string of robberies in England

Karen Stapley

· Dec 29, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Roshani Begum: A dancer from Tipu Sultan’s court who rebelled against the British

Jennifer Howes

· Nov 14, 2021 · 01:30 pm

RSS-linked magazine targets Amazon, calls it ‘East India Company 2.0’

Scroll Staff

· Sep 27, 2021 · 12:00 pm

An unusual annotation in Bengal records from 1777 recalls the famous life of Catherine Grand

Lesley Shapland

· Aug 23, 2021 · 11:30 pm

When the East India Company sent an agent to spy on the French in Istanbul

Lesley Shapland

· Jul 20, 2021 · 07:30 pm

When the East India Company sent a ship called New Year’s Gift to India

Margaret Makepeace

· Jan 04, 2021 · 09:30 pm

How a suicide in Calcutta in 1800s sparked a debate on applying English laws in India

Matthew Waters

· Oct 12, 2020 · 01:30 pm

How the East India Company made a celebrity out of a shipwreck survivor in 1738

Jennifer Howes

· Aug 18, 2020 · 09:30 pm

How artists helped British officials in 18th-century India keep in touch with loved ones far away

Francis Owtram

· Aug 08, 2020 · 01:30 pm

In 18th century, the British let a Persian prince get away with murder

Curstaidh Reid

· Aug 01, 2020 · 07:30 pm

The mystery of an East India Company ship that was in two places at the same time

Matt Griffin

· Jun 29, 2020 · 07:30 pm