When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Ian Morris THE ANARCHY The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire ...

The East India Company, a trading firm with its own army, was masterful at manipulating governments for its own profit. It’s the prototype for today’s multinationals. By William Dalrymple Mr.

Nepali Times reporter Alisha Sijapati spent a month retracing the Gorkha expansion beyond the Mahakali River more than 200 years ago to Garhwal, Kumaon and beyond. The Gorkha Empire was on a warpath, ...

The East India Company established the British rule in India, and ruled the Indian subcontinent and other major parts of the world for nearly centuries, expanding the British Empire to the point where ...

Kolkata: India's oldest cantonment, the Barrackpore Cantonment — established in 1772 by the British East India Company — celebrated its 250th annivers.

The English word “loot” is derived from the Hindi word lut, which means to steal, especially by plunder in time of war. The word entered the English language in 1760 when Robert Clive, known to ...

When the British East India Company set sail to explore—and exploit—the riches of the world in the 1600s, it was based out of an unpretentious London house. How it grew from that to toppling mighty ...

Steeped in history since its founding in 1772 by the British East India Company, Barrackpore Cantonment -- the oldest in the country -- ushered in its 250th year with an evocative ceremony celebrating ...

On December 23, 1912, an explosion rocked Delhi just as Lord Hardinge, the British viceroy of India, entered the new capital on the back of an elephant. The bomb was meant to kill him, but instead it ...

The British first began wearing khaki during their occupation of India. The tan-colored tactical camouflage soon spread across the world. Originally the uniform of 19th century British soldiers in ...