An Oxfam report has revived the debate about whether British colonial rule helped or harmed India. Here are two empirical ...

The British rule was an era of profound loss for India, yet it was also a time of profound resilience. While colonial policies drained India’s wealth and sought to erase its identity ...

The Portuguese saved this state from the rule of the British. They reached India in the year 1498 before the British. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India, only after that the ...

Dayanand Saraswati's teachings were more than religious reform. Our article examines how his ideas fueled Indian nationalism ...

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 ...

It is very well to state that until the advent of British rule India had long been the biggest economy after China’s. However, few understood the basis for this assertion and it took Subramanian ...

During British colonial rule, Savarkar had attempted an escape from captivity in Marseille while he was being transported to ...

“This is our fourth visit to India, and the second time we’re playing. The first time we played a long show and we couldn’t have asked for a better audience. Thank you for coming ...

"It's amazing to us that you welcome us, even though we are from Great Britain," he said, alluding to past British rule over India. "Thank you for forgiving us for all of the bad things Great ...

The Union government presents the budget annually, a practice that dates back to the days of the British Raj. In fact, even ...

See the clip here. The British Government ruled India as a colony from 1858 until 1947, establishing the “Raj” (“rule”) over the region. Queen Victoria took over rule of India from the ...