This episode examines how Britain took control of India through the East India Company. Read more ...

To the British, India served as the jewel of the British Empire. The coffers of Britain overflowed with wealth extracted from the subcontinent. The initial acquisition of India under the British ...

The two Treaties of Purandar, signed over a century apart, shaped Indian history. The first, in 1665, was a setback for the ...

The UK has had it too easy with India thus far. It should now be said, in no uncertain terms, that diplomacy cannot be a ...

After losing the 13 colonies Britain did not want its empire to shrink again, and decided to make it even bigger. Ruling India was economically very beneficial for Britain, because the British ...

New Delhi’s quest for great status lies in building a blue water navy, but it has been loathe to pursue this path Read Full ...

The Young Bengal was a group of Bengali free thinkers from Hindu College, Calcutta. They were also known as Derozians, after ...

Nigel Biggar, CBE, is Lord Biggar of Castle Douglas and author of the bestselling Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning (2024). He ...

We've been here before, another small British garrison is under siege but this is where our story comes to a head. The EIC, ...

From the mid-19th century onward, Irish and Indian nationalists forged strong personal and associational connections, recognising how both societies suffered under British imperialism. Famines, ...