Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the 11th and last King of Awadh, was an enthusiastic patron of dance and music, but also allegedly a ...

Known as a "sole monopolist," this man became famous for buying goods in bulk at low prices and selling them at high profits. His business empire had branches in South-East Asia, the Red Sea, and Pers ...

The birth of journalism in India began with the Bengal Gazette, which was the first newspaper of India, starting publication on January 29, 1780 from printing office at No. 67, Radha Bazar, written in ...

The East India Company was started by merchants close merchantA person involved in buying and selling items, usually between different countries. In the British Empire, this was done using a lot ...

He is also known for financing the British East India Company. From 1617 to 1670, Vora was a key financier for the East India Company, lending money to British traders looking to start their ...

Its trade was vital to Britain’s commercial success and it revolutionised the British lifestyle. Dr. Andrea Major: The East India Company changed the way we dress… Um it changed the way we eat ...

The initial acquisition of India under the British East India Company and the ongoing domination under the British Raj of a population many times the size of the occupying force proved to be a ...

The UK extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to carpet London in ...

The East India Company's army in India totalled 260,000 soldiers -- twice the size of the British peacetime army. "They engaged in land dispossession, violence, and mergers and acquisitions ...

Fort William in Kolkata, the headquarters of the Indian Army's Eastern Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg. The fort was ...

The East India Company's army in India totalled 260,000 soldiers -- twice the size of the British peacetime army. "They engaged in land dispossession, violence, and mergers and acquisitions ...