Movements favoring Greek independence manifested in several countries of Europe, while significant philhellenic centers were ...

The book captures his collection of vintage advertisements, postcards, trade cards, maps, coins ... in British India by Mirza Ahmed Ispahani and Adamjee Haji Dawood and was based in Calcutta.

Its northern- and southern-most islands lie 1,300 km apart — roughly the distance between Delhi and Kolkata as the crow flies ... In 1922, the rest of Ireland gained independence from the British ...

The primary mover in getting the Vernon XI to India was the Calcutta Cricket Club (CCC), the dominant British-controlled cricket club in the city. The team was led by the venerable Lord Hawke, of ...

Ever tossed aside loose change without thinking twice? One particular British coin may make you wish you hadn't, with the potential to fetch a hefty sum. Such a remarkable coin is none other than ...

The coins in the country are produced by the Government of India. Their minting takes place in four mints. These are: Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Noida. Each coin has a special mark.

Kolkata: Days after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged British Airways during her UK visit to resume it's flight operations on the Kolkata-London route, her party has claimed that ...

Historians said the rechristening of Calcutta’s streets and buildings was nothing new: the British started it and then the nationalists, communists and Trinamool Congress successively took up the ...

Can you give us one direct flight? British Airways used to operate [London-Kolkata flights]. But before we came to power [in 2011], the service was withdrawn. I do not know what the cause was.

Before carelessly discarding that loose change in your purse, it's worthwhile examining your coins closely. There's one in particular, the 1933 George V penny, that could come as a costly ...