Following the Revolt of 1857 (Sepoy Mutiny), the British Crown assumed direct control of India from East India Company. Queen Victoria appointed James Wilson to help stabilize the country's finances.

Tamil identity, freedom struggle, and erudite leaders discussed in Nirmala Lakshman's book during a conversation with ...

Former Supreme Court judge J. Chelameswar criticizes India's colonial legacy of capital punishment, urging action to honor ...

and the Budget was a response to the financial difficulties faced by the British administration following the First War of Indian Independence in 1857 (Sepoy Mutiny). In the wake of the failed ...

What do you do when you have amassed enough wealth and a lot of art? You share it with the world. Joining a growing league of ...

In an essay titled "Mutiny Narratives and the Imperial Feminine ... women and children remained fixed in the public mythology of 1857." In most of these British literary representations of ...

In 1857, to deal with the influx of prisoners after the Indian Mutiny, the British set up a penal colony in Port Blair. Those exiled to the islands referred to them as kalapani, the dark waters.

The Union Budget, a cornerstone of India's economic framework, traces its origins to 1860 when James Wilson introduced India's first budget under British rule.

to 1857, culminating in the mutiny; and the British imperial rule from 1857 to 1947, ending with the independence and Partition of India on August 15, 1947. The fabled Civil Administration and the ...

While the British colonial rule had banned nudity, it was not easy to enforce it within the arena of a religious festival like the Kumbh ...