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The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
Lord Curzon Cut Bengal in Two in 1905. Tagore Answered With a Song That Became Bangladesh's Anthem
Sep 27, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
'Too Good a Plum': Lord Dalhousie Picked Off Indian States for Eight Years. Fourteen Months After He Left, the Revolt Began
Sep 27, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
65,000 Died of Hunger in Madras While Lord Lytton Threw India the Grandest Party It Had Ever Seen
Sep 27, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
After 1857, a British General Forced Condemned Men to Clean Blood Off a Floor Under the Lash, Then Hanged Them. He Was Not the Worst of It.
Sep 27, 2026
Wars & Valour
The Army That Lost Every Battle and Still Broke the Raj
Aug 1, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
In 1903 the Raj Taxed Tea Exports to Help Pay for Selling Tea to Indians. In 1930 More Than 90 Percent of the Crop Still Left the Country.
Jul 31, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
The Empire Taught India to Take Exams. India Never Stopped.
Jul 30, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
The Beautiful Tree: India's Village Schools Before the British, and the Debate Gandhi Lost
Jul 29, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
The Man Who Wrote India's History Without Ever Seeing It
Jul 28, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
320,000 Tons of Wheat Sailed Out of India While the Deccan Starved
Jul 25, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
The Divide That Was Designed: How Colonial Bureaucracy Turned Faith Into a Fault Line
Jul 21, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
"But Britain Gave India the Railways," and Made India Pay for Them Twice
Jul 15, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
Three Million Died in a Land That Had Enough Food: The Bengal Famine of 1943
Jul 12, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
Macaulay's Children: The Colonial Plan to Rewire a Civilisation's Mind
Jul 10, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
Three Hunger Strikers Died in the Andamans in May 1933. The Government Told the Commons That Two Had Died of Pneumonia, Not of Hunger.
Jun 20, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
The Raj Hanged Mangal Pandey Ten Days After Barrackpore, Dismissed Seven Companies of His Regiment Four Weeks Later and Made His Surname a Word for Every Rebel
Jun 12, 2026
The Raj & the Freedom Struggle
A Day After Amery Told the Commons Calcutta Rice Cost Six Times Its Pre-War Price, the War Cabinet Refused More Ships for Grain
May 25, 2026