#colonial-rule
A ‘just and noble revolt’: The British rebel who backed the 1857 rebellion
The emergence of Britain as an imperial state was achieved through the resolution of internal contradictions — suppressing the voice of dissent, leaving only the voice of the establishment
Plants thought to be native to India but were actually brought from foreign countries
India is often thought of as a land of ancient, native plants, but many of the crops and trees we now treat as “Indian” actually came from other parts of the world.Over centuries, trade routes, colonial rule, and scientific exchanges moved seeds and saplings …