The initial acquisition of India under the British East India Company and the ongoing domination under the British Raj of a population many times the size of the occupying force proved to be a ...

Key points British Empire overview activity The East India Company How did the East India Company take control of India? At first, they sailed to the East Indies, which are now modern-day ...

So how was it that the nineteenth-century British Indian Raj was so different? Arising, initially, from the militant policies and actions of a bunch of London merchants chartered as the English East ...

Built in 1753 and opening its doors to the public four years later, the British Museum has seen the rise and fall of the ...

It bonded with those at the lowest levels of colonial society, especially the soldiers who fought and died in the wars waged by the British East India Company. At the height of its power ...

by Burmah Castrol Plc in U.K., the undertakings in India in which Foseco plc have an investment interest, it became inter-connected with the Company under MRTP Act, 1969 and the Company came ...

But India's princes hardly held a monopoly over such idiosyncrasies. British monarchs had just as colourful pasts, as did elected politicians; in fact, even a man like Lord Curzon - among the ...

This is the first major study of public health in British India. It covers many previously unresearched areas such as European attitudes toward India and its inhabitants, and the way in which these ...

Melville, NY, Nov. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced today a variety of firmware updates for key models in its Cinema EOS and ...