Sam Dalrymple's book, Shattered Lands, explores the impact of five major Partitions on modern Asia through oral histories and ...

Introduction Europeans did not think we would find out about our black human species that inhabited Europe before the arrival of the Caucasians from the Caucasus Mountains in Central Asia .

First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

Sam Dalrymple’s Shattered Lands is an imperious view of the British Raj's collapse, redeemed by its forgotten stories of independence fighters ...

The anti-colonial struggle against the British Empire shaped this relationship till the partition of British India. Due to geopolitical and ideological realities of the day, there has been a ...

Today's WorldView How ancient India changed the world The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.

Burma : HOW A NATION IS EXPLOITED – THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN BURMA Following the recent troubles in India, we have asked our contributor, Mr E. A. Blair, whose investigations on ‘The Plight of the ...

An excerpt from ‘South Asia, the British Empire, and the Rise of Classical Legal Thought: Toward a Historical Ontology of the Law’, by Faisal Chaudhry.

The Truth about Empire is a collection of essays by experts in the field. The sheer range of essays in the volume shows a broad array of research interests on the topic of British colonialism. Twelve ...

This was largely due to the Empire’s prestige being diminished by Japan’s invasion of British colonies in South and South-East Asia. Britain was no longer perceived as a dominant military power, ...

This year marks the 207th birth anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, who was born into a prominent family with ties to the Mughal court in Delhi on 17 October 1817, and passed away on 27 March 1898.