Alexander Fordyce was born in Aberdeen in 1729. He briefly worked in the hosiery trade before moving to London to take a position as a clerk to a banker. He eventually became a partner in a ...

Just over 400 years ago, a group of London merchants arrived here on the Indian coast hoping to do some peaceful trading. Those early pioneers dreamt of making huge profits. Over 200 years, the ...

Just over 400 years ago, a group of London merchants arrived here on the Indian coast hoping to do some peaceful trading. Those early pioneers dreamt of making huge profits. Over 200 years, the ...

In 1750, seven years before the Battle of Plassey and fourteen years before the Battle of Buxar, Fateh Bahadur Sahi ascended the throne on the eve of the foundations of the British Empire in India ...