Even 75 years after Independence, a curiosity about the British Raj lingers. We might find ourselves wondering about the lives of ancestors who lived under British dominance, and sometimes even the ...

The real problem with the British Raj was not its neglect of industry—if anything, industry flourished—but the lack of public investments, especially in rural infrastructure such as irrigation ...

Overwhelming even the long trajectory of the oppressive British Raj, the cementing of a communal divide which was the tragic legacy of Partition, continues to wrathfully shadow an independent ...

The British Raj invested heavily in canals, railways, telegraphy, roads and ports. In 1905 there was the first attempted break-up of a province of India by the British colonial government in ...

Kartavya Path: Rajpath was for the British for whom the people of India were slaves. It was a symbol of colonialism. Now, its architecture has changed, and its spirit has also changed, PM Modi said.

The British private school, Eton College, holds an exhibition next month showing its connections with the Raj, Alastair Lawson reports.

Indian Raj outdoing British Raj Updated - September 13, 2012 at 09:32 PM. There are two prophecies on how India would shape up in the hands of Indians when it became free.

"Homosexuals were also free to satisfy their fancies in India whereas in Britain they were widely despised and buggery was a capital crime until 1961," he said, quoting a book on the British Raj.

MUMBAI, March 5, 2009 – Lifestyle needs of the British colonialists dictated the kind of silver that was produced by Indian artisans duringthe British Raj. But the decorations on that silver reflected ...