The rise, consolidation, and fall of the British Raj is a fascinating story that inevitably raises passions throughout the Indian subcontinent and in Britain itself. What was the nature of the Raj?

We have all read books about the iron fist of the British raj. But Alastair McClure’s Trials of Sovereignty shows that it was the velvet glove of mercy that truly sustained colonial power. McClure ...

MUMBAI, March 5, 2009 – Lifestyle needs of the British colonialists dictated the kind of silver that was produced by Indian artisans duringthe British Raj. But the decorations on that silver reflected ...

Ibtisam Ahmed has been the Commonwealth Decriminalisation Coordinator for Nottinghamshire Pride for 2017, and the LGBT History Month Project Coordinator for the Centre for Research in Race and Rights ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday condemned the British auction of a rare bronze water vessel seized by a British soldier from Beijing's ransacked Imperial Gardens in the 19th Century, calling for ...