Following the 1857 revolution, which was dubbed by the British as a ‘sepoy mutiny’, the British Crown ended the British East ...

Natarajan Chandrasekaran, the chairman of Tata Sons, was conferred the well deserved Knighthood by His Majesty King Charles ...

The 19th-century power struggle between the Sikhs, the British, and the Afghans shaped the political landscape of the time.

The remnants of Britain’s once mighty empire still give the mother country more than a few headaches. Britain, which once ...

The range of Sam Dalrymple’s book Shattered Lands is expansive. An ambitious debut, it talks about the five partitions of the ...

With few qualified people available, Jawaharlal Nehru took a bet on unusual diplomatic candidates in newly independent India ...

The Portuguese Empire's ship was going from Goa to Lisbon in India when it was attacked by pirates. Archaeologists have ...

A proposal to create a dedicated Sikh regiment within the British Army has resurfaced in the House of Lords, with Defence ...

UNESCO adds 12 Indian forts, including Raigad, Shivneri, and Gingee, to World Heritage List under Maratha Military Landscapes ...

When an East India Company officer fell in love with a teenage girl from a noble Muslim family in Hyderabad, it caused uproar and scandal in both colonial and local circles. But their brief love story ...

In the heyday of the British Empire, Kolkata, India, had a thriving Jewish community. Today, there are only about 20 or so Jews in the entire city, and the synagogues that once held services are ...