Instead, he found a strange mirror of India – one that stretched far beyond the subcontinent’s borders. What he witnessed was ...

1858: Beginning of the Raj. In 1858, British Crown rule was established in India, ending a century of control by the East India Company. The life and death struggle that preceded this ...

Who are we when we are seen through someone else’s eyes—through a lens or a brushstroke? For years, artists have grappled with the self, with how we are seen and remembered. At London-based artist ...

"British Raj" refers to the period when India was under British rule from 1858-1947. The Bengal tiger, native to India, was seen washed up on the shore of Westworld in the season two premiere.

Everywhere that he went in the Gulf - Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Oman - he found expected traces of British India. "The Raj maintains here a slightly phantasmal sway," wrote Holden, "a situation rich in ...

The rise, consolidation, and fall of the British Raj is a fascinating story that inevitably raises passions throughout the Indian subcontinent and in Britain itself.

David Clephan Elliot, 90, a retired Caltech history professor who was one of the few remaining members of the Indian Civil Service, which helped govern India when it was under British colonial ...

Hats off to the V&A, then, for examining Britain’s imperial past in a straightforward, honest manner – neither varnishing unpleasant truths nor deliberately dulling the sparkle of the British Raj.