The British Empire stretched over 13 million square miles across several continents—23 percent of the world's land—at its height in 1922, whence comes the phrase: "The sun never sets on the ...

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 heritage building is characterized by a commanding 15-storey height ... of its construction, the heritage building was deemed one of the tallest commercial buildings in the British Empire ...