More than two years after achieving independence from the British, India adopted its Constitution on 1949. Drafted under the ...

“THE THINGS the British did in India are simply not taught in the syllabus and this is a problem,” said William Dalrymple at the Jaipur Literary Festival in September 2020. “When the British go out ...

One hundred and five years ago, in April 1919, Mani Ram, a middle-aged dental surgeon, frantically ran to one of his son's favorite play areas. His son, Madan Mohan, enjoyed playing at Jallianwalla ...

Long before 1857 rewrote India’s history books, three fierce queens—Velu Nachiyar, Abbakka Chowta, and Avantibai Lodhi—were ...

Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor exposes the economic and political exploitation of India under British rule. The book ...

Following the revolt of 1857, the company was dissolved in 1874 after its soldiers rebelled against the British. For decades, ...

The UK government’s attempted export ban on Tipu Sultan’s treasures is a double travesty for objects it acquired through loot and plunder. Gold gem-set finial from the throne of Tipu Sultan (1787–1793 ...

The argument Musk responded to presents colonisation as mere migration, erasing the defining feature of empire — power. Immigration implies integration into an existing order. Colonisation is the ...

IN HIS DECADE in power Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has centralised the state to an unprecedented extent. Yet his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has failed to attract many voters in the more ...

The division set off communal violence and displaced millions, changing the face and geopolitics of South Asia. A Muslim refugee train in northern India on its way from Delhi to Lahore, in 1947.Credit ...