At the end of the interview, as Nehru was about to take his leave, Mountbatten said to him, ‘Mr Nehru, I want you to regard me not as the last Viceroy winding up the British Raj, but as the ...

Palestine Action targets mapped: New hitlist includes key British military sites and firms In a secret meeting, Palestine Action reveals its audacious plans to target military sites across Britain ...

Priyanka Chopra, Ali Fazal and Naseeruddhin Shah are among the Indian actors who have acted in Hollywood. However, American cinema and shows are yet to break away with the colonial biases and exotic ...

The Maharashtra government has announced it will begin efforts to get Veer Savarkar the law degree he was denied due to his involvement in revolutionary activities.

London artist Naira Mushtaqs debut Delhi exhibition gives a glimpse into British Raj ethnography through art For her exhibition ‘The Subject is the Subject’, Mushtaq looked at ethnographic ...

It is a common belief by many people that the resonant-cavity magnetron was invented in February 1940 by Randall and Boot from Birmingham University. In reality, this is not the full story. Rather, it ...

When British Prime Minister Clement Attlee proposed a British withdrawal from the Arabian territories at the same time as the withdrawal from India, he was shouted down. So Britain retained its role ...

Jinnah and the Muslim League (1906), initially loyal to the British Raj (a shield against Hindu majoritarianism), sought a negotiated constitutional role for Muslims in a united India, mirroring ...

University of British Columbia Okanagan geography student Jenna Taylor went home last month to spend time with her family in Flin Flon, Man.

Even at the time, however, few members of the British or Indian public were aware of this Arabian extension of the British Raj. Maps showing the full reach of the Indian Empire were only published ...