Tag: British Empire
The old order of the world is being disrupted - with all its systems and structures being shaken to the foundations. Built on the exploitation and annihilation of native cultures, this destruction is being projected as a heroic struggle...
The British Empire created the Reserve Bank of India, as a “Sheathed Weapon,” used to fleece Indian wealth. This bank remained the primary source of British finances for the Second World War. A report by Masood Rezvi.
Central banks have...
This is the story of The East offering her Riches to Britannia, a painting commissioned by the 24 Directors of the East India Company.
In 1778, the directors of the East India Company installed an extravagant new painting in their...
The Pax Britannica is so firmly established that the idea of overt rebellion
is always distant from our minds, even in a remote State like Bastar.
– B. P. Standen, Chief Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces, 1910
In February of...
In the previous parts of this ongoing East India Company Series we examined the origin of these EICs, their motives and the motives of Multi National Corporations (MNCs). We also examined the commodities EICs dealt with and MNCs plan...
Recently a widow of the freedom fighter who fought in Subhash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army lost a legal battle to get back their own money her husband had deposited in Shanghai. The Delhi High Court said that the...
Note: The below GreatGameIndia story has led to a major national controversy exposing the role of #DeLaRue in printing of Indian currency notes. GreatGameIndia itself received a notice from the advisory firm Brunswick on behalf of De La Rue regarding...
Is India at the crossroads to Swaraj (independence) or Slavery (dominion)?
At the dawn of the new millennium India stands, dazed and indecisive, at the crossroads. As perhaps the only secular nation with population of a billion, with thousands of...
This excerpt from The Hunt For The Treasure Of Vijayanagara Empire details the tragic situation of the tribals in India akin to the Helots - a derogatory term used by the Romans to indicate non-Romans in their country, intermediate in status...
This excerpt from our exclusive East India Company Series article titled Noble Motives focuses on the puzzle of the disappearance of the EICs and their reemergence as modern day MNCs (Multi National Corporations).
The East India Company (the "Company") was one of the institutions created...
