As early as 1774 the East India Company was exploring the possibilities of growing tea in other countries apart from China and sent a few seeds to the British emissary in Bhutan to plant there.

Tariffs have long been effective political weapons for countries. Expect, history shows us that when economic disputes ...

William Dalrymple's best-selling novel The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company will be adapted for the big screen by acclaimed British director Stephen Frears, who is known for ...

Time and again in our nation, we have been able to find the best path ahead in part by looking at what did not work well in ...

administrated by the British East India Company ran from Boree Bunder (Mumbai) to Thane. Since its inception, the Indian Railways has grown by leaps and bounds and has produced world-class ...

Sumptuous objects tell the story of chinoiserie in a New York exhibition — though its feminist thesis is tendentious ...

Indians, generally, are peace-loving people. Most Indians from Occupied Kashmir to Kannyakumari ...

251 years ago, on December 161773, the Sons of Liberty dressed as indigenous people, and boarded three ships from the British East India Company. In three hours, they smashed 342 chests of tea ...

It is an exploration of the British East India Company’s commercial ambitions in India, which ultimately led to the takeover of an entire subcontinent. The rights to William Dalrymple’s ...

However, some traditions or rites of passage have ingrained themselves into British culture, despite not even originating from the United Kingdom. In fact, some have become so ‘British’ that many ...

Under British East India Company rule, the fertile land and water resources of central and eastern Punjab were exploited for commercial agriculture, whereas western Punjab remained underdeveloped ...