The history of 19th-century India, as chronicled through the records of its foreign rulers, is a study in paradox. While the ...

Lavishly illustrated postcard-sized paper labels pasted on mill-manufactured cloth reflected and even subverted ideas of ...

If there’s one thing you can consistently find in India, it’s the Royal palaces. No matter which city you visit, there will ...

There is something of the Cinderella story to Lakshmi Bai, a commoner who rose to become rani (queen) of Jhansi, a princely state in mid-19th century India. Most fairy tales would end there, but in ...

Linnaeus Tripe, “Quarterdeck of HMS ‘Impregnable'” (1852–1854), albumen print (National Gallery of Art, Washington, William and Sarah Walton Fund, Diana and Mallory Walker Fund, and The Horace W.

CHANDIGARH, INDIA—Zee News reports that the remains of 282 Indian soldiers who fought in the First War of Independence in 1857 against the rule of the British East India Company have been uncovered in ...

The British first began wearing khaki during their occupation of India. The tan-colored tactical camouflage soon spread across the world. Originally the uniform of 19th century British soldiers in ...