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Clive of India’s Durbar set at risk of export An export bar has been placed on a Durbar set owned by Clive of India in order to give UK institutions an opportunity to acquire it for public display From: 15 January 2021 The set, used in formal court assemblies, is extremely rare and is of fundamental importance to the study of Indian silver An incredibly rare darbār or Durbar set owned by Clive of India is at risk of being lost abroad unless a UK buyer can be found. Culture Minister Carol...

Credit: getty SIR – You report on the two women who were fined £200 by Derbyshire police after driving into the countryside for a walk with cups of coffee. The case is now under review – but should such excessive enforcement occur again, the consequences for policing by consent and the public’s respect for the police are likely to be negative. A degree of common sense must be applied. Phil Coutie   SIR – Here in a Derby suburb on the edge of a local park, there is a stall selling coff...

An elite private school has renamed Clive of India house over the military leaders links to colonialism and Empire. Robert Clive was a notoriously wealthy military leader in the 18th century and attended Merchant Taylors School for Boys in Hertfordshire for one year before being expelled for fighting. A low-born Clive went on to become a clerk for the East India Company before rising up to a high position within the British military, reported The Telegraph. The schools headmaster Simon Everson ...

A private school house named after a controversial military leader with links to colonialism has been renamed.

Clive of Indias name dropped from house at his former school over links to British Empire The East India Company leader was expelled from Merchant Taylors boys school Robert Clive has been credited with helping to establish British rule in India Clive of Indias name has been stripped from a house at his former private school over his links to empire, sparking warnings from professors about the “craven” trend of erasing history  The Merchant Taylors day school for boys in Hertfordshire bri...

Kattabomman’s execution record to be digitised Updated: Updated: January 08, 2021 03:30 IST The report of Major John Bannerman, written in cursive style, was prepared the day after the warrior was hanged Share Article Preserving records: The Veerapandia Kattabomman memorial in Thoothukudi, where the warrior was hanged.   The report of Major John Bannerman, written in cursive style, was prepared the day after the warrior was hanged Many may consider melodramatic the performance of Sivaji G...

The complexities of addressing the past while decolonising museums 30 December 2020 On 7 June, Black Lives Matter protesters toppled the statue of Edward Colston, a seventeenth-century officer of the slave-trading Royal African Company, in Bristol, England. Racial polarisation in the US sparked debates around the British history of colonialism and slavery, and a demand for confronting unpalatable aspects of colonialism has gained momentum. Harry Pugsley/Getty Images ...

Why Bengal Represents The Last Frontier For A Battle-Readying BJP by Minhaz Merchant - Dec 14, 2020 01:09 PM (Bengal) Snapshot There are four states that go to elections in the first quarter of 2021. While each has its own set of battles unfolding, for the BJP, Bengal represents the last frontier. Four states go to the polls in the spring/summer of 2021: West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Bengal will, however, be the most incendiary. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is fighting both grow...