British journalist David Holden stepped off a plane in Bahrain. Palm trees rustled in the desert breeze. The scent of spice ...

It's now largely forgotten that in the early 1900s, nearly a third of the Arabian Peninsula was under British India.

The scope of the work is enormous. The premise is that as recently as 1928, 12 modern nations - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, ...

Even at the time, however, few members of the British or Indian public were aware of this Arabian extension of the British Raj. Maps showing the full reach of the Indian Empire were only published ...

The writer on the myths of national history, the Empire’s hidden corners, the wedges driven by narrow visions of Hindu and ...

The British Empire peaked 100 ... as do children’s books about India and cookbooks with dishes from around the world. A map of countries where an overseas volunteer organisation operates is ...

The British Empire in India. Share full article. ... One of the curious consequences of the abolition of the East India Company, and the annexation of India to the dominions of the British Crown, ...

During the nearly two-century-long rule over India between 1757 and 1947, the British Empire exploited the country's resources, wealth, and people. The impact of colonial rule is felt to this day.

Imperial subjects, of course, sometimes found their own solutions to such problems. A hard-line British field marshal, atop the I.R.A. hit list, was gunned down in Belgravia in 1922.