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The Scottish botanist who brought tea from China to India

IT was in this week of 1812 that the quite remarkable Robert Fortune was born. The Scottish botanist credited with altering the economies of the two…

The National (Scotland)

Wreck of ship captained by William Wordsworth’s brother given protection

John Wordsworth drowned when East India Company ship sank off Dorset in 1805 and its story is important, says Historic England

The Guardian - UK

Historic wreck of ship captained by William Wordsworth’s brother given protection

The sinking of the Earl of Abergavenny had a significant impact on the career of legendary poet

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Books that shook the business world: The Anarchy by William Dalrymple

We live in a world dominated by colossal corporations. The likes of Microsoft and Apple are bigger than most economies. Not long ago, however, a British company dwarfed these giants, yet few people know its history or the valuable lessons it can teach us today.

The Conversation

UK within British empire is like last person left at a party, says David Olusoga

Historian tells Hay festival audience that Britain needs to ‘liberate itself and have independence day from its own history’

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‘I’m not afraid of anybody now’: the woman who revealed links between National Trust houses and slavery – and was vilified

Prof Corinne Fowler’s report into colonial history sparked a furore about ‘wokeness’ and heritage. We join her on one of the routes from her book of rural walks that highlight how all our lives are entwined with colonialism

The Guardian - UK

Malaikottai in Dindigul, a cauldron of rebellions for two millennia

Explore the Rockfort (Malaikottai) in Dindigul, a 900ft granite outcrop with a gory history & Jain beds, & witness the influence of Pandyan architecture.

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What was the Boston Tea Party? Historic event sees 250th anniversary

Bostonians dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company, into the harbour – but why?

Evening Standard

How the Boston Tea Party's 'destruction of the tea' changed American history

On the evening of Dec. 16, 1773, a crowd of armed men, some allegedly wearing costumes meant to disguise them as Native American warriors, boarded three ships docked at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston. In the vessels’ holds were 340 chests containing 92,000 pounds of tea, the most popular drink in…

The Conversation

British company unveils a $23 million coin celebrating Queen Elizabeth II as anniversary of her death nears

This pocket change weighs more than 8 pounds.

Fortune

Blood trail from 1857 war to flight from Uttar Pradesh to Tamil Nadu

Chaubey is in the process of analysing the remains of the 282 men whose bones had been found in February 2014 in an old well

The Hindu

Memorial of martyr of first war of independence languishes in anonymity in Belagavi

Naragund ruler Bhaskar Rao Bhave was among the many victims of the Doctrine of Lapse of 1848. The king, better known as Naragund Baba Saheb, got in touch with Peshwa Nana Saheb, who was leading the 1857 war of independence.

The Hindu

"Why is the BJP afraid of the opposition’s alliance?" Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal slams Assam CM Sarma

Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal on Thursday slammed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over their comparison of Opposition's INDIA alliance with East India Company and the Indian Mujahideen and said that the people of the country know who is the enemy of Bharat or India. Read further on Dynamite…

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‘INDIA’: What you need to know about India’s opposition alliance

‘INDIA’, which stands for Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, comprises 26 opposition parties so far.

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Descendants of John Sullivan, founder of Udhagamandalam, to take part in Nilgiris bicentenary celebrations

Oriel Sullivan and Jocelyn Mary Smith will arrive in Udhagamandalam on May 18; several generations of their ancestors served in the colonial government in T.N. and were responsible for a number of development measures

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The untold story of Vizagapatam’s 1780 mutiny

Discover the little-known tale of the 1780 mutiny in Visakhapatnam. Subscribe now to read more about the first sepoy mutiny that occurred 77 years prior to the First War of Indian Independence (1857) exclusively on The Hindu.

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