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UK bans export of 18th century Mughal-era dagger, scabbard worth Dh5.7 million Prasun Sonwalkar/London Photo: UK government Robert Clive, the first governor-general of Bengal Presidency, was likely to have acquired the artefacts after his victory at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. The Boris Johnson government on Friday imposed a temporary ban on the export of a rare Mughal-era dagger and scabbard valued at £1,120,000 (approximately Dh5,718,434) in the hopes that a buyer could be found within the United Kingdom, and the items remain in the country for research and other purposes. The temporary...

A stellar cast of speakers assembled in London to debate the motion ‘The Indian sub-continent benefited more than it lost from the experience of British Colonialism.’ All the speakers were in swas A stellar cast of speakers assembled in London to debate the motion ‘The Indian sub-continent benefited more than it lost from the experience of British Colonialism.’ All the speakers were in swashbuckling mode under strict instructions from the chair, Keith Vaz, MP, to stick to time. Mr. Vaz, who is well used to keeping order in the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, which he chairs, ...

Last modified on Tue 29 Jun 2021 12.50 EDT The British empire in India was in effect established at the Battle of Plassey on 23 June 1757. The battle was swift, beginning at dawn and ending close to sunset. It was a normal monsoon day, with occasional rain in the mango groves at the town of Plassey, which is between Calcutta, where the British were based, and Murshidabad, the capital of the kingdom of Bengal. It was in those mango groves that the British forces faced the Nawab Siraj-ud-Doula’s army and convincingly defeated it. British rule ended nearly 200 years later with Jawaharlal Nehru...

नयी दिल्ली, 13 जून (भाषा) आज का दिन कहने को तो साल के बाकी दिनों की तरह ही एक सामान्य सा दिन है, लेकिन यह 1997 में यह दिन दक्षिण दिल्ली के उपहार सिनेमा में ‘बॉर्डर' फिल्म देखने पहुंचे बहुत से ल

Speaking to the Spectator, Simon Jenkins today criticised the involvement of 'left-wing politics' in organisations such as the National Trust - which he chaired for six years between 2008 and 2014.