India’s leading economic historian disproves today’s anti-colonialist polemics as well as the...
Author - Zareer Masani
Jon Wilson, India Conquered: Britain’s Raj & the Chaos of...
Yet another history of the Raj invites comparison with its two most distinguished predecessors...
Priya Satia, Time’s Monster: History, Conscience &...
With a double chair in history at Stanford University, it may seem surprising that the author...
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
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Clive: The Man Who Would Be King
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Amritsar: a very British massacre
It is rare for any discussion of British rule in India not to mention sooner or later the Amritsar...
Churchill and the Bengal Famine
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Warren Hastings: The British Governor-General Who Laid the...
The impeachment of Warren Hastings was an act of imperial soul-searching unparalleled in history...
Why Britain Should Ignore Calls for Repatriation of Its Foreign...
The demand by TV historian David Olusoga, speaking at the Hay Festival, for British museums to...