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- The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as "John Company," was a joint-stock company which was granted an English Royal ...38 KB (6,054 words) - 02:25, 22 November 2023
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- The first, second, and third Anglo-Maratha wars were fought between the army of the British East India Company, which after 1757 was de facto ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 05:59, 28 July 2023
- 31, 1738 – October 5, 1805) was a British military commander and colonial ... In India, where he served two terms as Governor-General, he is remembered ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:57, 4 December 2023
- trading posts in Africa, the Caribbean, and India. Christian IV first initiated ... the dominant power there. The Danish East India Company was established in ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- Warren Hastings (December 6, 1732 - August 22, 1818) was the first and most well-known governor-general of British India, from 1773 to 1785. ...14 KB (2,155 words) - 22:56, 3 May 2023
- against against the imposition of a British tax on tea and to the preferential ... The protest ruined 18,000 pounds of tea and infuriated the British ...9 KB (1,449 words) - 19:52, 20 November 2023
- 26, 1841, – January 29, 1917, was a British statesman, diplomat and ... to the Staff College before being posted to India as Attaché to his cousin ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. A soldier-adventurer, Haider ... He now attracted the attention of the British in Madras, who in 1766 entered ...12 KB (1,977 words) - 18:40, 31 July 2023
- A vivid introduction to the History of British India (New York: Academy Chicago ... A Vivid Introduction to the History of British India (New York: Academy Chicago ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 14:24, 8 February 2022
- while posted with the military and the East India Company in the Middle East ... Persia and Afghanistan as springboards to British India. ...10 KB (1,581 words) - 23:12, 8 February 2022
- of the two largest Presidencies of British India, assumed special importance ... British India officially adopted the standard time zones in 1905, ...13 KB (1,858 words) - 18:36, 4 March 2024
- meaning the Red Fort, located in Delhi, India, has been awarded the UNESCO ... The Red Fort has become a symbol for Indian independence from British ...10 KB (1,606 words) - 02:24, 8 December 2022
- Indian political leaders during the British Raj. He founded the Indian ... Banerjee was knighted by the British in 1921. His moderate stance ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 23:52, 26 February 2023
- St. Thomas Mount is a small hillock located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu ... painted by the apostle Luke and brought to India by Thomas, is hung in the ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 16:21, 8 February 2023
- L. James. Raj; Making and unmaking of British India. (Abacus. 1997), 571 ... * James, Lawrence. 1997. Raj: the making and unmaking of British India ...20 KB (3,080 words) - 15:58, 7 December 2022
- as Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India), was a child prodigy, freedom ... Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad, India as the eldest daughter ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- "Chatterjee" as spelt by the British) was a Bengali poet, novelist ... as the “father of the modern novel in India,” because his works established ...11 KB (1,623 words) - 03:34, 17 September 2023
- it, also to a former province of British India called Ajmer-Merwara. In 1818, the Marathas sold Ajmer to the British East India Company, inaugurating ...14 KB (1,997 words) - 07:13, 16 June 2023
- harbour off the coast of Mumbai (Bombay), India. In 1987, UNESCO designated ... islands in Mumbai Harbour, east of Mumbai, India. That island serves as a ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- becoming a popular summer retreat for the British East India Company during ... The British constructed the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a part of the ...15 KB (2,206 words) - 04:44, 15 November 2022
- territories that did not belong to British India in combination with the ... cult of Thuggee and its overthrow in British India (1968). Dan Simmons& ...16 KB (2,481 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- the last great Hindu kingdom in South India. Talikota situates in northern ... and Christians, the Hinduism of southern India remained strong and resilient ...11 KB (1,587 words) - 01:37, 26 September 2023
- over one of the largest territories in India not at that time under British ... By 1805, a border dispute with the British East India Company was ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 05:26, 5 November 2022
- Sanchi refers to a small village in India located 46 km north-east ... rulers in the Madhya Pradesh region of India held Buddha and Buddhism ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- was the last of the Moghul emperors in India, as well as the last ruler ... ever. His poetry lamented loss and India’s debasement. ...15 KB (2,445 words) - 05:45, 26 August 2023
- Akbar, in 1583. In Indian languages, or in India generally, the name is ... producing a number of prime ministers of India in some form or another. ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:37, 17 May 2021
- Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (May 31, 1863 - July 31, 1942) was a British Army officer in India, explorer, and spiritualist ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- and statesman, the second president of India (1962-1967). to provide a comprehensive exegesis of India's religious and philosophical ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 16:20, 27 July 2021
- in the establishment and development of India's atomic energy program ... == Back in India == While Bhabha was on a vacation in India in 1939 ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 11:24, 2 February 2024
- entities of West Bengal belonging to India, and East Bengal belonging ... third state, rather than joining either India or Pakistan. However, the ...19 KB (2,769 words) - 23:04, 28 June 2023
- Agra Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Agra, India, has ... of the Hindu government. After the British used Agra Fort as a headquarters ...12 KB (1,823 words) - 06:48, 16 June 2023
- The Gurkha War was fought between Nepal and the British East India Company between 1814 and 1816. It is sometimes called the Gorkha War or the ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 08:38, 8 January 2024
- then the capital of the Nawab of Bengal in India. Pâlāshir, an extravagant ... Nawab of Bengal, and the forces of the British East India Company. Siraj ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 10:19, 22 September 2023
- Asia and in Thailand. In 1785, the British occupied Penang, and in ... In 1821, the government of British India sent a mission to demand ...9 KB (1,378 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- founders and the first president of the All-India Muslim League, and served ... He was born in Karachi, in British India (now Pakistan), to Aga Khan ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- English philologist and student of ancient India. He is particularly known ... eventually lead him to his life-work in India. He was called to the bar ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- in the early nineteenth century, when the British East India Company ruled ... empires throughout Africa, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, and China ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- ایبک) was a Turkic ruler of medieval India, the first Sultan of Delhi ... The Muslim presence in India would see Hindu-Muslim conflict, violence ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 16:04, 7 December 2022
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh might threaten British India from the North East became ... hand, Elphinstone took back with him to British India not only significant ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:48, 10 November 2022
- (1769–1852), the noted Irish-born British career officer and statesman—unqualified ... * Mill, James. The History of British India. 6 vols. Chicago, IL: ...8 KB (1,279 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- was signed on August 29, 1842, aboard the British warship HMS Cornwallis in ... in Shanghai, represented a development in British imperial policy which where ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- | birth_place = Bhadeli, Bombay Presidency, British India ... activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977-1979. He was the ...17 KB (2,426 words) - 00:04, 16 December 2022
- |placeofbirth = Utmanzai, Charsadd], British India |placeofdeath ... non-violent independence movement in British India's Northwest Frontier ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 22:34, 3 March 2023
- December 11, 1767 – August 13, 1795) of India ruled as a Holkar dynasty ... Himalayas to pilgrimage centers in South India. The Bharatiya Sanskritikosh ...11 KB (1,580 words) - 06:51, 16 June 2023
- and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India, the Qutub Minar standing ... stands in the Qutb complex in South Delhi, India. UNESCO designated the Qutub ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 16:04, 7 December 2022
- greatest work being the colossal History of India. His writings are characterized ... James Mill's The History of British India and Orientalism. Oxford ...11 KB (1,705 words) - 08:37, 1 April 2024
- sweetened and spiced deriving from India. By itself, the term chai ... almost infinite variety to this drink. In India, where it is traditional ...16 KB (2,494 words) - 16:17, 7 November 2022
- city in the state of Rajasthan in north India. It was formerly the seat ... to make their mark across northern India. [[Image:Jodhpur 5174663-66 ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 06:32, 5 April 2024
- In ancient India, Nālānda (Sanskrit: meaning "giver of knowledge ... Buddhism continueed to flourish after its wane in India. ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history. His 1835, Minute ... be loyal to Britain; instead, appalled at British hypocrisy, they rebelled ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 18:39, 30 April 2023
- center of cultural activities of Kerala (India) from the time it served ... The city's libraries include the British Library and Trivandrum ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
