The British Raj extracted $65 trillion from India: Fact or fiction?
Is there a case for reparations? Oxfam’s huge estimate of the money drained from India by Britain’s colonial rule does not ...
How UK’s top 10% benefited the most from colonial India’s wealth
Between 1765 and 1900, the British Empire took $64.82 trillion from India during colonialism, a recent Oxfam report has found ...
Yesterdate: This day from Kolkata’s past, January 25, 1802
John Cartier, Governor of Bengal, died on this day. Cartier was first employed as a writer for the British East India Company ...
If Oxfam is right about Empire, then where is my $1 million?
Why would Oxfam, a once-respected charity, publish a careless and ill thought-out piece of propaganda such as its latest ...
Rewinding to March 4, 1966, the day the sky roared above Aizawl
A Calcutta daily quoted Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as saying the jets were used to airdrop rations & arms for the Assam ...
Runner-Up: China May Have to Settle for Second Place Behind America
China's low birth rate and aging population are ending any hopes Beijing had of overtaking the U.S. as an economic giant.
UK's richest 10% took half of India's wealth during colonial era: Oxfam report
Oxfam’s 'Takers, Not Makers' report reveals Britain extracted $64.82 trillion from India during colonialism, enriching the UK ...
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The British Empire: An overview
In 1838 there was terrible drought in Agra, which meant many crops and cattle died causing a famine. The East India Company and the British rulers did little to help with the relief and by the end ...
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India’s pathshalas were inclusive institutions. Dalits, Brahmins studied together
Presenting rich archival evidence and data on 16,000 indigenous schools in British India, historian Parimala V Rao asserted ...