Islamic rule (1206-1857 CE ... (1-1700 CE), Mughal India collapsed to a mere 3% by 1947 (per Maddison estimates). Profound grievances were rooted in the British's cruel economic extraction ...

David is then joined by Indian Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Committee on External Affairs Dr. Shashi Tharoor to examine the recent India ... British, as they had done in the revolt of ...

The rebellion of 1857, also known as India’s first war ... actually helped to suppress the rebellion.” The entire South India remained unaffected too. 4. Along with economic exploitation in the form ...

May 10, 1857, is an important day in Indian history ... The uprising was fueled by deep resentment against the British East India Company’s oppressive policies, economic exploitation and cultural ...

India celebrates the 150th anniversary next year of the Indian mutiny or "first war of independence", when Indian soldiers of the British army rebelled against their colonial masters. Conventional ...

Unlike the British in India, who sought to rule over a native ... But it’s our global social and economic system that places people of color at risk. Historical, systemic exploitation created a ...

For the next fifty years, ‘Burma Proper’ was developed as an administrative adjunct to British India. Many hundreds of thousands ... often a target for the nationalist movement. Economic development ...

Dinkar’s brother was part of the Forward Bloc and was detained at a British prisoner-of-war camp ... he immediately said that he had read Nehru’s The Discovery of India several times. Benegal was ...

The recruitment of Nepali nationals, specifically the Gorkhas, into British military forces during the colonial era and its aftermath represents a significant and ongoing issue in the history of Nepal ...

In other colonies, such as India ... as ‘un-British’ and condemned as the ‘lawless law’ of British rule. On one hand, the idea of rule of law was denounced as simply being a veil to cover the colonial ...