The history of 19th-century India, as chronicled through the records of its foreign rulers, is a study in paradox. While the ...

While little is known about Roderick Mackenzie, his document gives us fascinating clues into the history of Bengaluru in the late 18th century and how the East India Company waged war in Karnataka.

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

History frequently conceals its pivotal changes just beneath the surface of everyday dates. The last day of the year, when ...

When the East India Company commissioned Richard Greenbury to paint the events that unfolded in 1623 on Amboyna, a clove-producing island in what is now the Indonesian archipelago, the artist’s ...

The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. 75 years later, memories of Partition still haunt survivors. People ...