Among the first Maha Vir Chakras awarded for bravery after the country became a republic was to a civilian attached to a ...

The British Museum , the country's most popular tourist attraction, was partially closed to the public on Saturday after an ...

After losing the 13 colonies Britain did not want its empire to shrink again, and decided to make it even bigger. Ruling India was economically very beneficial for Britain, because the British ...

The Founding of Australia 1788 was painted in 1937 by Algernon Talmage. It was commissioned for the sesquicentenary ...

The Founding of Australia 1788 was painted in 1937 by Algernon Talmage. It was commissioned for the sesquicentenary celebrations of 1938. The painting depicts the moment that Captain Arthur Phillip ...

At its peak, the Mauryan Empire covered most of ... a foothold in the subcontinent after the decline of the Mughal Empire. The British East India Company initially set up trade posts in India ...

“You are,” Smith says as I stare at the newly exposed bright filigree of the Viking sword found in a river I have spent a ...

The British Empire began in the 1500s, under Elizabeth I’s rule. The empire grew to rule over 400 million people, having a significant impact on people in Britain and the colonies. British ...

At its peak, around 1922, the British Empire controlled a fourth of the world's land area. Its decline since then has been equally spectacular. The US, in contrast, has steadily grown stronger for ...

such as eugenics and a strong British Empire. At its peak during the early 20th century, the Fabian Society was regarded as the centre of British intellectual life. It was the first organisation ...

Over the next three decades the British Empire took control of large swathes of Africa and reached its peak in 1920. At that time it covered around a quarter of the globe – the largest empire the ...