The East India Company was established in Britain during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It was given a free hand by the Queen to do business in Asia. Time took such a turn that many countries of Asia ...

On money extracted from India by the UK during over 100 years of colonialism between 1765 and 1900, Oxfam said that beyond the richest, the main beneficiaries of colonialism were the newly emergent ...

When the Ottomans finally closed the land routes to the rich markets of the East, the Europeans, desperate to continue with the tradition of dependence on the luxuries they had become used to, ...

Oxfam reports the UK extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India during colonialism, with the richest 10% receiving over half. The report highlights the ongoing impact of colonialism on global inequality.

In the British Empire, this was done using a ... By 1857, the sepoys in the East India Company’s army began a rebellion after a rumour spread about a new rifle they would be receiving.

T he Indian Army traces its origins to the armies of the East India Company, which later evolved into the British Indian Army and the armies of the Princely States. After India gained independence ...