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India's Titanic - The mysterious disappearance of the SS Vaitarna

The SS Vaitarna, sank off the Saurashtra coast in 1888. The sinking is often referred to as India's Titanic. The official death toll was 600, but the real number could be as high as 900.

India's Titanic - The disappearance of the SS Vaitarna The sinking of the SS Vaitarna in 1888, though mostly forgotten today, is one of the biggest maritime disasters in Indian history. With over 900 lives lost, ...

Christmas dinner in India by Richard Canton Woodville

Source: Illustrated London News (December 22, 1894)

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19th century British advertisement for curry powder.

Via East India Company & Raj Research Group 1600-1919

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As featured on the 1 crore question of KBC recently, we take a look at one of the most lucrative pirate raids of all time - the true story of the Gunj-i-Sawai heist.

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The £100 Million Raid On Aurangzeb's Treasure Ship | Ganj-i-Sawai | Indian History Documentary In September 1695, Henry Every's multi-million pound raid on a Mughal fleet almost changed Indian history forever. Mughal emperor Aurangzeb came close to kic...

The true story of Indian's only flying ace from world war 1 - A diminutive teenager who went on to win the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Aces High - The True Story Of India's Only Flying Ace From WW1 | Indra Lal Roy We're back! And we take a look at India's only fighter ace from the first world war, a young Bengali pilot called Indra Lal Roy. The lives of pilots in World...

Deccan Lancers, World War 1 [France, 1916]

Temples at Rajghat, Benares [Watercolour by Sita Ram, 1814-15]

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 With Independence Day around the corner, we take a look and celebrate the lives of a number of freedom fighters through the years, who gave up their lives or liberty, so that today, we are free to grow up free and independent.

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11 Forgotten Indian Freedom Fighters Who Took On British And Colonial Rule On August 15, 1947, India finally won her independence after years of British rule, first under the East India Company and later directly under the British g...

Illustration of Goa habour [1772]

Portuguese map of Mangalore [dated 1630s]

In early 1857, a strange phenomenon was seen in British India. The humble chapatti, a type of unleavened Indian bread, spread through Company ruled provinces and some called it a precursor the 1857 Indian Mutiny which many saw as asign of unrest.

What did the spread of the Chapattis signify and what did it have to do with the revolt?

The Chapatti Movement of 1857: How The Humble Indian Bread Struck Fear In The Heart of British India In early 1857, a strange phenomenon was seen in the British ruled India. The humble chapatti, a type of unleavened Indian bread, spread through Company ruled...

Map of British India at the time of the 1857 Mutiny.

The Chapatti Movement of 1857: How The Humble Indian Bread Struck Fear In The Heart of British India In early 1857, a strange phenomenon was seen in the British ruled India. The humble chapatti, a type of unleavened Indian bread, spread through Company ruled...

Painting of the port of Surat [Mallet, 1685]

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Portrait of Maharaja Ranjith Singh [1780 - 1839]

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Tomb of Iltutmish [reign 1211 - 1236]

Photograph taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s

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In the year 1772, Tilka Manjhi started a rebellion against the East India Company which lasted for over a decade. Although forgotten by history books today, some consider Tilka Manjhi to be India's first freedom fighter.

Tilka Manjhi's Forgotten Revolt Against The English East India Company | Indian History Documentary In the year 1772, Tilka Manjhi started a rebellion against the East India Company which lasted for over a decade. Although forgotten by history books today, ...

Silver tanka of Ala-ud-din Khilji (ruled AD 1296 -1316)

The reverse side of the coin reads sikandar al-thani, calling the sultan the second coming of Alexander The Great.

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The true story of how an English pirate almost made Mughal emperor Aurangzeb kick the East India Company out of India.

The £100 Million Raid On Aurangzeb's Treasure Ship | Henry Every | Indian History Documentary In September 1695, Henry Every's multi-million pound raid on a Mughal fleet almost changed Indian history forever. Mughal emperor Aurangzeb came close to kic...

Sir Thomas Roe at the court of Mughal emperor Jahangir [1616]

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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo started a chain of events that led to the first world war. A global conflict, WW1 saw over 1.7 million Indian soldiers serve, many of whom never came home. Their sacrifice and gallantry is often overlooked while discussing The Great War.

In this video, we take a look at a letter sent home by Daya Ram, an Indian soldier who served in the trenches on the Western Front. Daya Ram describes the horrors of life in the trenches.

Indian Soldier Describes The Horrors Of Life In The Trenches | World War 1 Documentary The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo started a chain of events that led to the first world war. A global conflict, WW1 saw over 1.7 mil...

Often called the last great cavalry charge of World War 1, The Battle of Haifa was fought on 23 September 1918 during the last months of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the The Great War.

The Jodhpur Lancers, supported by the Mysore Lancers, took the town of Haifa in a matter of hours.

The Jodhpur Lancers And The Last Great Cavalry Charge Of World War 1 | The Battle of Haifa Often called the last great cavalry charge of World War 1, The Battle of Haifa was fought on 23 September 1918 during the last months of the Sinai and Palest...

Map of the Ganges basin, by Willem Blaeu [1634]

Bhali Sultans, Oudh [1870]

The tomb of Dutch soldier of fortune, John Hessing. Commissioned by his wife Anne after Hessing's death in 1803, the tomb is a copy of the Taj Mahal in red sandstone.

Jaipur [1880s]

A Perspective View of Fort William, Calcutta by Jan Van Ryne [1754]

Golconda Fort [1880s]. Photo taken by Lala Deen Dayal.

Irish model Anne Gunning in India for a photoshoot for Vogue [1956]