India

Robert Carr assesses the nature of British rule in India during a key, transitional phase.

Seán Lang tells of the Dufferin Fund, an aristocratic initiative supported by Queen Victoria to improve medical conditions, particularly in childbirth, for Indian women in the late 19th century.

Mihir Bose investigates the case of Subhas Chandra Bose in Bengal in 1924 to show what can happen when a government is able to lock people up on the suspicion of terrorism.

Latha Menon deplores the effects of religious extremism on Indian society and the writing of history.

Historian and magician Peter Lamont considers what can be learned by studying the history of a famous conjuring trick – or con trick?

Anubha Charan describes the arguments surrounding one of the world’s most politically explosive excavations.

The East India Company's army led by Arthur Wellesley defeated the Mahrattas at the Battle of Assaye on September 23rd, 1803.

Mary Ann Steggles recalls the circumstances of the many monuments to Queen Victoria that were erected in India, and traces their fate.

Huw V. Bowen asks whether the East India Company was one of the ‘most powerful engines’ of state and empire in British history.

Lucy Chester examines the processes by which the Indo-Pakistan border was drawn, dividing a single country into two.