At the time of India’s Partition and independence, there were 562 princely states as enclaves within the Dominion of India, covering 40% of its area and comprising 23% of its population.

The Trial That Shook Britain by Ashis Ray establishes with documentary evidence that a trial of three former officers of the British Indian Army, who had defected to Subhas Bose's INA, hastened ...

Since the 17th century, the British-owned East India Company had controlled large parts of India. In 1838 there was terrible drought in Agra, which meant many crops and cattle died causing a famine.

This is the story of India’s transformation—from the grandeur of the Mughal Peacock Throne to the rigid dominion of the British Crown. It is a tale of how history’s currents swept away an ...

Discuss the British perception of India and Britain’s role in the subcontinent Examine the methods used by the British to establish and then maintain control of India. To the British ...