East India Company
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When the East India Company sent a ship called New Year’s Gift to India
Margaret Makepeace
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How a suicide in Calcutta in 1800s sparked a debate on applying English laws in India
Matthew Waters
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How the East India Company made a celebrity out of a shipwreck survivor in 1738
Jennifer Howes
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How artists helped British officials in 18th-century India keep in touch with loved ones far away
Francis Owtram
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In 18th century, the British let a Persian prince get away with murder
Curstaidh Reid
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The mystery of an East India Company ship that was in two places at the same time
Matt Griffin
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Politics, revelry and massacres: East India Company logs reveal what happened on trade ships
Susannah Gillard
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Europe’s scramble for a lucrative spice market began in Southeast Asia, not India
Margaret Makepeace
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We all know Siraj-ud-daulah lost the Battle of Plassey. How did he escape afterwards?
Sudeep Chakravarti
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Portugal gifted Bombay to Britain in 1661. So why did a Portuguese militia stay behind?
Hedley Sutton
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How crystal chandeliers gifted to the Shah of Persia travelled from England to Bombay to Tehran
Lesley Shapland
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The Weekend Fix: How India was conquered by a private corporation and ten other top reads
Shoaib Daniyal
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William Dalrymple’s book masterfully chronicles an early instance of corporate power over governance
M Saad
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A ledger gives a sense of how the East India Company was singed by the 1666 London fire
Margaret Makepeace
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Why a 15th-century manuscript of Indian recipes lists eight kinds of samosas – none with potatoes
Aparna Kapadia
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William Dalrymple's new book shows corporate violence began in India with the East India Company
William Dalrymple
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Mayalee: The story of an Indian dancing girl who stood up to the British Raj
Katherine Butler Schofield
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Hello from the other side: A map shows telephone connectivity in India in 1934
John O'Brien
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The British tried growing Syrian tobacco in Bombay Presidency – but the plan went up in smoke
Karen Stapley
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‘Richest jewel in British Crown’: When an official fought to recruit Irish men to East India Company
Margaret Makepeace