She was just 21 when she led an armed attack on British Raj and set fire to a club that declared 'Dogs and Indians not allowed'

At just 21, Pritilata Waddedar, a schoolteacher from Chittagong, led one of the boldest armed attacks against the British Raj ...
Swarajya

Indian Railways’ Decolonisation Push: British Raj-Era Formal Attire Removed, Wider Cultural Review Planned

In a step to eliminate lingering colonial legacies, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday last week announced the ...
The PrintOpinion

British Raj determined what kind of dog was acceptable in India—pets vs strays

There was a painful recalibration of dog-human relationships in 18th century Britain—any dog, except for the owned, leashed ...
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The 'Hindu-German conspiracy' that nearly shook the British Raj

In the chaos of World War I, a secret plot took shape as Indian revolutionaries and German agents joined forces in a daring plan to ignite an armed uprising against the British Raj. It was bold, risky ...
Mena FN

Peril Of European Tactics: How Fear Of Indian Modernization Exposed Fragility Of British Raj (From The Archives)

(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The dawn of the 19th century in Hindustan was marked by the deafening sound of European cannon, yet the greatest anxiety felt in the distant councils of the ...
World Socialist Web Site

Inequality in India greater today than at the height of the British Raj

While hundreds of millions of workers and rural poor in India struggle to make ends meet and some two hundred million people suffer from malnourishment, the income share of India’s wealthiest 1 ...
The Telegraph

Chief operations manager of Metro Railway pens books on Raj era

A railway man has authored two books on the Raj. The second one, titled Imperial Bureaucracy, is due to hit the stands before the end of this year. Set in the twilight of the Raj, it tells the story ...