Warren Hastings
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The Great British Loot: Indian animals in the Royal Menagerie of 18th century London
Sandeep Balakrishna •As with every excess that the East India Company has perpetrated, its Indian roots lie with Robert Clive, arguably the first English Nabob. Even in this specific case, Clive set the precedent for importing Indian animals into England
How the British were the worst colonisers ever known to humanity
Gautam Chintamani •Reading MJ Akbar’s new book, one gets a sense of how the British Raj not only ended the Indian way of life and values, but also instilled a system and mindset that embraced its exploitative ways
Bhima Koregaon battle was between British and Peshwas, not Mahar and Brahmins, researcher tells inquiry commission
Varsha Torgalkar •"Neither the British nor the Peshwas won a clear victory in the Bhima Koregaon battle," says Chandrakant Patil
Banaras Hindu University row: Why the #BHUshame brigade are wrong and need to be 'forgiven'
Ajay Singh •Though BHU lacks many facilities and needs improvement in its infrastructure. the campus is still one of the safest ones for female students in India.