Colonial history
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Delhi Durbars, ‘Kaiser-e-Hind’: How the British appropriated Mughal symbols to cement their rule
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At the Tower of London’s exhibit of Crown Jewels, lesser known history sits alongside Koh-i-noor
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Restitution and reflection: Belgium’s AfricaMuseum is slowly reckoning with its colonial history
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Avoid ‘injudicious indulgence’: What a British handbook advised women headed to the tropics
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Why a letter from an orphan to Queen Victoria upset the British India Office
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Tracing Koh-i-Noor’s journey from India to Persia to India to the British crown jewels
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‘Get a good tan’: Tips for the British on how to survive the heat in 20th-century India
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How the Danish sold Tamils into slavery in Scandinavia and the story of one man’s escape to freedom
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The ‘unruly women’ who cared for the sick and wounded soldiers in the Anglo-Dutch wars
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In images: On his travels through Siam, explorer Carl Bock collected a trove of cultural artefacts
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How the princely states, used by Britain to consolidate its empire, faded into obscurity
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Why some British Indian Army officers migrated to Australia to become farmers
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How Lydia Muttulakshmi found freedom and her happily ever after, in 19th century Bangalore
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How a 200-year-old embalmed heart connects Goa, Portugal and Brazil
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The lost tale of a Goan goldsmith in Lisbon and what it says about Portugal’s colonial conquests
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The story of Henry Coxwell, who invented the ‘concrete lemon’ crystals supplied to British sailors
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When a British widow petitioned the India Office for financial help in 1868
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An 18th-century letter to Bombay shows what it was like to be in service of the East India Company
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Mutton chops and sherry: Luncheons at the India Office in London in 1867
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Mosquitoes, malaria, medicines: What epidemic season in British India meant for Englishwomen
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Feeling the heat: How memsahibs in the 19th century tried to party through Indian summers
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Amidst UK heatwave, a reminder of how British colonials exploited ‘punkah-walas’ in India’s summers
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In searching for my ancestor Miguel of Mazagon, I found his role in a key Anglo-Portuguese deal
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Not just the first Thanksgiving, US should also mark what happened in Virginia four months later
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At Jallianwala Bagh, ban on protests, gatherings till November 6
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Jallianwala Bagh renovated with ‘utmost respect’, says culture ministry amid criticism
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Jallianwala Bagh renovation: Memorial looks very nice, says Punjab CM, contradicts Congress
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Renovated Jallianwala Bagh sparks concern about erasure of history
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A Scottish graveyard in Kolkata reveals the untold stories of colonial women in India
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How early Australian settlers used maps to show colonial superiority over indigenous people
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Britain’s fixation with Suez Canal was as much about controlling Egypt as it was about global trade
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In 1857, a play in London dramatised the Indian Rebellion with action, comedy and romance
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A British Army officer’s wife’s account of a route march in colonial India
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How Jaipur’s ruler used gift diplomacy to portray his state as an equal to England
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How World War I planes found their way to Junagarh – and what that has to do with the camel corps
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A look back at banned Indian political pamphlets – and why Orwell may not have approved of them
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A street name change in London’s Little India forces Britain to confront its colonial legacy
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In the 1820s, a British movement to quit sugar accelerated the end of slavery in the West Indies
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Britain’s monuments are coming under scrutiny – and so is its violent history of colonialism
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Sounds of resistance: How the radio fuelled the revolution in colonial Angola
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New soil study confirms 1943 Bengal famine was caused by Winston Churchill’s policies, not drought
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UN has called out shameful British colonialism by urging it to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius
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The British tried growing Syrian tobacco in Bombay Presidency – but the plan went up in smoke
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s legacy was never fully recognised. That is changing now
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Embroidered into Meghan Markle’s veil was Britain’s bid to celebrate its bloody colonial history
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‘Let no-one grudge...to pay tax’: Why did a Bengali boy sing praises of Income Tax in British India?
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How science’s dark imperial past still shapes research today – and what we can do about it
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Hitchhiking imperialism: The case of Scandinavia shows how Europe shared the spoils of colonialism
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A slice of history: What a British city plan tells us about late 17th century Madras
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Empire of ethics: Studying UK’s colonial past through an ethical lens legitimises a slippery slope
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Video: The tumbler used to drink coffee in South India contains a clue to its problematic history
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Watch: How modern rocket systems owe their design to Tipu Sultan
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Watch: Why some countries call it tea while others call it cha(i)
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Video: Why the British creation of Indo-Saracenic architecture was a shrewd imperial move
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Video: How a 19th century Bengali mathematician first calculated the height of Mount Everest
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Photos: The Deccan Medal (and other honours) awarded to Indian troops who fought for the British
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'A gigantic colonial scam': Watch Shashi Tharoor on how and why the Indian railways were built
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From murders to drunken brawls: A 'black book' of the misdemeanours of East India Company employees
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Why a post-Brexit Britain is wrong in ignoring Shashi Tharoor's new book
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Britain should stop trying to pretend that its empire was benevolent
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Christmas in Calcutta, 1857: Lots of turkey, show by a French gymnast and casualties in Lucknow