To the British, India served as the jewel of the British Empire. The coffers of Britain overflowed with wealth extracted from ... and economy under British rule. 7-12 Explain the social, economic ...

The fight for making the motherland free from the British Raj has been narrated to generations through stories and pictures ... against British colonial rule in India. Beginning in 1930 and ...

Are there peoples whom it is just to rule ... India was one of the richest countries of the world; indeed it was her great riches that attracted the British to her shores. The source of her wealth ...

The East India Company did not put a relief plan in place, and up to 10 million people died of starvation and illness. This was the first of several famines to hit India during British rule ...

Born on this day in 1559, Mughal Emperor Jahangir, also known as Prince Salim, witnessed a crucial moment in Indian history ...

Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, reigning from 690 to 705 C.E., accumulated immense wealth estimated ... using it to legitimize her rule and promote her own image as a divine ruler.

India's wealthy have ... the country since 2014. Getty Images A report says 23,000 Indian millionaires have left the country since 2014 More recently, a Global Wealth Migration Review report ...

The British, in their day ... Lord Curzon - among the stuffiest viceroys sent to India - had it in him to once play tennis stark naked. The image of the maharajahs as "self-centred fools ...

History has been a frenetically contested terrain in India, but its misuse in the context of 21st century politics remains a ...

The Resolution Foundation calculated that wealth has grown two and a half times faster than the British economy since 1980 ... he distinguished between earned and unearned income. In an image he used ...

On the midnight of 15th August,1947, India achieved its independence after 89 years of British rule. This freedom came ...