The Queen’s complex legacy. Presidents and Prime Ministers of former British colonies have paid their respects to the Queen, including leaders from India, Ghana, South Africa, Barbados, and ...

By the 1700s, discontent had boiled over. Britain taxed the colonies for sugar, tea and alcohol. American anger rose with ...

In Commonwealth nations with British colonial histories, ... His son, Peter Kenilorea Jr., a current member of Parliament, was 10 at the time.

Forgotten Fronts: Why British colonial policy was the bane of Muslims in Myanmar Colonial influences play a large role in the current ethnic cleansing taking place in the Rakhine State. Graphic by ...

India Indian government proposes replacement of British colonial-era sedition law with own version While India gained freedom from Britain in 1947, its sedition law, which discourages acts against ...

And it was taken during British colonial rule in the 19th century from what is now modern-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Today, the diamond belongs to the British royal family.

During the 18th century, the two crossed to become the more familiar plum pudding – a steamed pudding packed with the ingredients of the rapidly growing British Empire of rule and trade.

Alice Waweru, Survivor of British Colonial Rule (through translator): There were no roads. We were the ones who created roads. The white man despised us. Our children were being called maize cobs.

At Commonwealth summit, former U.K. colonies demand reparations for slavery The British Commonwealth Summit begins Monday in Samoa as leaders of commonewealth nations seek reforms World ...