Imagine that once upon a time the policymakers of the emerging British Empire believed that a nation’s wealth came from the magnitude of its trade with distant nations. In pursuit of this belief, they set up the Imperial Trade Commission, which in turn decided that the way to optimize trade with India was to create the East India Company and give it a monopoly over trade with India. Along came ...

A total of four hundred and fifty one references on Medical Sciences contributed by Muslims during the British Period in India, are listed in this paper.

The often perceived and frequently quoted racial division in India between the fairer Aryan North and the darker Dravidian South is pernicious and dangerous. The British gave currency to this view of racial divide in India. It was part of their “divide and rule” strategy. The Northern people in India got especially sucked into this interpretation of history because it made the “Aryan” northerne...

The Anglo-Indian, as a distinct ethnic identity, was the product of the racialised social hierarchies of British India. Set off from the Indian majority by their claims to British heritage, they were, because of their mixed ancestry, never accorded full status as British. At the end of British rule, their anomalous status was confirmed in certain protections, including employment quotas, enshri...

n 1499, when portuguese explorer vasco da gama returned home after completing the first-ever sea voyage from Europe to India, he had less than half of his original crew with him— scurvy had claimed the lives of 100 of the 160 men. Throughout the Age of Discovery,1 scurvy was the leading cause of death among sailors. Ship captains typically planned for the death of as many as half of their crew ...

The socio-historical journey of higher education in India has evolved through different periods, viz., ancient, mediaeval, colonial, post independence and contemporary. In this journey, a system of English education takes a position in higher institutions of learning. The institutions of higher learning are considered the most important agency of social change, social transformation, and entire...

This article throws light on Lord Mountbatten’s enduring involvement in India after 1964, an overlooked feature of his later life. On a number issues such as the abolition titles, privileges and privy purses Indian Princes (1967–71), imposition Emergency (1975), arms sales, expulsion BBC (1970–72) evolution history-writing Partition, this evaluates changing role ‘friend India’ Britain, while be...

a Sanford School of Public Policy and Duke Global Health Institute; Duke University; Durham, NC 27708; United States b Department of Sociology; Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi; Delhi 110007; India c Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada d Nicholas School of the Environment; Duke University; Durham...