While Murshidabad was the Nawab of Bengal's capital, the East India Company operated there. In the late 18th century, nearby Maidapur briefly served as a British base before Calcutta's (now ...

The painting was completed in 1772 and exhibited in the Royal Academy’s annual show before being moved to East India House. 'The India Directors in the Suds.' Town & Country, December 1772.

The 'Tryall' sank in 1622 when it struck uncharted rocks. It took centuries to find the rocks and the ship. Even today, ...

Watch Lark Mason's appraisal of British East India Company school paintings, ca. 1810, in Bonanzaville, Hour 2.

In 1968, new immigrants to Canada Kamal and Sudha Mehra opened Winnipeg’s first North Indian restaurant, India Gardens, aiming to recreate the flavours of ...

Currently, a selection of 125 such ‘ Company Paintings ' of Indian birds is on display at the Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum, as part of the ‘Birds of India' exhibition curated by DAG (formerly ...

Founded in 1600 as a trading enterprise, the English East India Company gradually transformed into a colonial power. By the late 18th Century, as it tightened its grip on India, Company officials ...

Founded in 1600 as a trading enterprise, the English East India company gradually transformed into a colonial power. By the late 18th Century, as it tightened its grip on India, company officials ...