The East India Company, revived by Indian businessman Sanjiv Mehta in 2010, has ceased operations and entered liquidation, ...

It may be set in mid-19th century India, but Niall Moorjani’s play Kanpur: 1857 has plenty of contemporary resonance, writes Joyce McMillan In the old colonial history British people were taught at ...

When the British East India Company refused to recognise Rani Lakshmi Bai's adopted son's claim to the throne, the queen of Jhansi took up arms. In 1853, following the death of her husband, Lakshmi ...

What is the similarity between British retribution after recapturing Delhi from mutineers in 1857 and the Israeli state’s raging military operation in Gaza today? The two incidents may be separated by ...