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The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

In 1815 Lord Hastings Ordered the Marble of an Agra Fort Bath Shipped to Calcutta, an Auction Under Lord William Bentinck Sold More of the Palace's Inlaid Marble, and the Ancient Monuments Act of 1904 Followed

Kanhoji Angre Turned Back an Anglo-Portuguese Army and Fleet at Kolaba in December 1721 and Held the Konkan Coast for the Marathas Until His Death in 1729

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Siraj-ud-Daulah Took Fort William on 20 June 1756, and the Black Hole Count Went From About 170 to 146 in the Survivor's Own Letters

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

In 1772 Warren Hastings's Council Put the Dead of the Bengal Famine of 1770 at One Third of the Province, and Estimates Since Run From One Million to Ten Million

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Velu Nachiyar and the Retaking of Sivaganga in 1780, Eight Years After a Company and Nawab Force Killed Her Husband at Kalaiyar Kovil

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

A Disputed Adoption at Kittur in September 1824 Ended With the Collector of Dharwad Dead on 23 October and Rani Chennamma in Bailhongal Fort

Ancient & Medieval India

The East India Company Gave Away Free Potato Seed and Cash Rewards in 1797. As Late as 1938, Doctors in Pune Were Still Trying to Talk Indians Into Eating Tomatoes.

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

A Million Indian Farmers Grew the Opium Britain Sold to China

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

They Called It Woven Air. Then Britain Made Sure No One Could Weave It Again.

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Britain Won Bengal With 22 Men Dead. The Battle Was Bought Before It Was Fought.

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

India Was a Quarter of the World Economy. Two Centuries of British Rule Left It at 3%.

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

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

A Company Army of 7,072 Won at Buxar in October 1764, and Within the Year the Mughal Emperor Signed Over the Revenue of Bengal