The Battle of Assaye
The East India Company's army led by Arthur Wellesley defeated the Mahrattas at the Battle of Assaye on September 23rd, 1803.
India
Set in Stone: Victoria's Monuments in India
Mary Ann Steggles recalls the circumstances of the many monuments to Queen Victoria that were erected in India, and traces their fate.
400 years of the East India Company
Huw V. Bowen asks whether the East India Company was one of the ‘most powerful engines’ of state and empire in British history.
Parting of the Ways
Lucy Chester examines the processes by which the Indo-Pakistan border was drawn, dividing a single country into two.
Tipu Sultan killed at Seringapatam
The Indian ruler and resister of the East India Company was killed by the British on 4 May 1799.
Lord Curzon Takes Office as Viceroy of India
The formal handover took place on January 6th, 1899.
Kashmir: The Unanswered Question
Vernon Hewitt on one of the bitterest legacies of partition.
Partition - The Human Cost
Mushirul Hasan looks at the reflection of the trauma and tragedy of partition through literature and personal histories.
The Muslims and Partition
Francis Robinson considers what the Muslims wanted - and what they got - out of the decision to divide the subcontinent on religious lines.
Bengal and Punjab - Before and Beyond
Jean Alphonse Bernard considers the two key provinces and how they became touchstones and then powderkegs in the nationalist aspirations of both sides.