Before 1947 there was no India. Instead, the British Empire controlled the land mass now mostly known as India, some of it ...

Virji Vora was a significant credit provider and client for both the Dutch East India Company and the British East India ...

Named after British horticulturists John Evelyn and the prevelence of crabtrees in England, this bath and body-care empire was founded in 1973 by Cyrus Harvey—no relation whatsoever—a New Englander ...

Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

Mr Mearns has located 29 major wrecks in a career spanning 35 years, including the 16th century ship The Esmeralda from Vasco da Gama’s fleet, and Ernest Shackleton’s Quest ship, which went down off ...

London is an economic powerhouse and it has been since the 16th century. Here is the history of London as a business hub.

Indian cinema has a long history of bringing stories of bravery, sacrifice, and cultural heritage to life by fusing action-packed storytelling with historical themes. There are many exceptional movies ...

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If Diageo drew its family tree, its roots would go all the way to the 17th century, further back than ... of Grand Metropolitan and Guinness, two British companies that had become globally ...

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A STASH of hundreds of Bible-era coins have been found by metal detectors in The Netherlands. The haul of over 400 early Roman-era coins was found near the city of Utrecht, about 30 miles south of ...

The British Museum ... the period of the British Empire – notably the Parthenon Marbles, 2,500-year-old sculptures that were removed from Athens in the early 19th century by British diplomat ...