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SHOCKING: East india company - What They Never Told You

Incorporation law gave Big Tech state-like power. Can it now help rein it in?

The Scottish historian William Dalrymple recently argued that Big Tech has become the 21st-century equivalent of Britain’s famous East India Company.

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A Hindu soldier and a Muslim poet show how religious identities overlapped in 19th-century India

The growing assertion of a majority Hindu identity is fueling debates about religious pluralism in India. A 2025 Washington-based research group report documented a steady, incremental increase in hate speech since 2023 targeting religious minorities in India, while Human Rights Watch reported a rise in religious and communal violence in…

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280-year-old shipwreck in England reveals ‘silver bones’ and hidden treasure beneath the sea

In 1740, during a winter tempest off the English coast, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) merchant ship Rooswijk sank with the crew and cargo in a wreck that has now been found nearly 280 years later by Historic England and the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE). Researchers…

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New monopolists taking place of old East India Company: Rahul Gandhi

A new breed of monopolists has taken its place, amassing colossal wealth, even as India has become far more unequal and unfair for everybody else, Gandhi said. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Nautilus review – you can see why Disney gave up on this series

Prime Video's resurrection of Jules Verne’s prequel for Captain Nemo is deeply half-baked. The acting’s so bad that the best supporting performance is given by a dog

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Tragic shipwreck off Dorset linked to Wordsworth family granted protection status

Earl of Abergavenny’s sinking is one of UK’s worst maritime disasters

Evening Standard

Wreck of ship captained by William Wordsworth’s brother given protection

John Wordsworth drowned when East India Company ship sank off Dorset in 1805 and its story is important, says Historic England

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Lucas Pope interview - how he swapped the Obra Dinn for a Martian colony in new Playdate game, Mars After Midnight

We interview game developer Lucas Pope about his new game, Mars After Midnight, which is out now for Playdate.

TechRadar

Connecting the dots on colonial history

Rosie Llewellyn-Jones explores colonial history in India, focusing on Lucknow and pan-Indian construction projects in her latest book.

The Hindu

Women’s organisations come together to celebrate 200th anniversary of Kittur victory over East India Company

Various women’s organisations have come together to celebrate the 200th year of Rani Channamma’s victory over the East India Company forces in the first Kittur war of 1824. The event titled “Nanoo Rani Chennamma” (I too am Rani Chennamma) will be held in Kittur in Belagavi district on February 21.

The Hindu

What was the Boston Tea Party? Historic event sees 250th anniversary

Bostonians dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company, into the harbour – but why?

Evening Standard

Grieving Wordsworth found solace in poignant shipwreck treasure after brother’s death

When the Romantic poet’s younger brother John died at sea, marine artefacts helped him bear the loss, research reveals

The Guardian - UK

BJP launches 'quit corruption, dynasty, appeasement' campaign on Quit India Movement Day to spite INDIA bloc

NEW DELHI: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking the lead, the BJP on Wednesday launched a massive nationwide campaign on Quit India Movement Day in a bid to puncture the opposition’s INDIA bloc.

The Times of India

Quit India Movement: How PM Modi attacked opposition for naming bloc INDIA

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday once again attacked the 26 opposition parties for naming their bloc INDIA, an acronym for Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. On this occasion he used the forthcoming Quit India Movement day to lash out at the opposition.

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PM Modi says SIMI, PFI used INDIA name; Congress calls it ‘shameful retort’

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took a swipe at the group of 26 opposition parties for calling itself INDIA and said even East India Company and banned organisations such as SIMI and PFI have INDIA in them and asked the people to reject them. The Congress retorted…

Dynamite News

"Why is the BJP afraid of the opposition’s alliance?" Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal slams Assam CM Sarma

Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal on Thursday slammed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over their comparison of Opposition's INDIA alliance with East India Company and the Indian Mujahideen and said that the people of the country know who is the enemy of Bharat or India. Read further on Dynamite…

The Hindu

Opposition alliance will rebuild idea of India in Manipur: Rahul hits back at PM Modi

Rahul Gandhi hits back at PM Modi, says “We are INDIA” and “will rebuild the idea of India in Manipur”. PM Modi slams Opposition alliance as “directionless”, citing East India Co. and IM. R. Gandhi responds, “We are INDIA” and will bring back love and peace.

The Hindu

PM Modi hits out at Opposition grouping over ‘INDIA’ name

At BJP Parliamentary party meet, PM Modi jibes at I.N.D.I.A., citing East India Co. & PFI, asserting people can't be misled by country's name. Confident BJP will come to power in 2024 polls, PM Modi says.

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The untold story of Vizagapatam’s 1780 mutiny

Discover the little-known tale of the 1780 mutiny in Visakhapatnam. Subscribe now to read more about the first sepoy mutiny that occurred 77 years prior to the First War of Indian Independence (1857) exclusively on The Hindu.

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No ordinary diamond: how the Koh-i-Noor became an imperial possession

Ahead of King Charles’s coronation on May 6 2023, Buckingham Palace has announced that Camilla, the Queen consort, will be wearing a modified version of the crown made for Queen Mary, the consort of George V. This is the first time since the 1700s that a queen consort crown is…

Daily Mirror

Rare coin collection sells for £2million at auction - check if you're sitting on a mint

The coin collection was described as being one of the "finest and most complete" group of coins relating to the East India Company and British India ever assembled

The Times of India

‘East India Company was what Big Tech is today’

How did a corporation of merchants bring down and pauperise the subcontinent, a territory of immense wealth? “The more it recedes into memory, the weirder it becomes,” admitted William Dalrymple. “Looking at it now, it’s inconceivable, but you have to make the imaginative leap.”

The Guardian - UK

Five British nationalisations – and what happened next

From Henry VIII to the telegram network, how the state intervened in the private sector – and who got the money

The Guardian - UK

The palace is dripping in diamonds, so why bring out the disputed Koh-i-noor?

The jewel in the last queen consort’s crown was plundered from India. Camilla doesn’t have to wear it

Wales Online

Koh-i-noor diamond's use in King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla's coronation 'down to palace'

The famous gem was seized by the East India Company and given to Queen Victoria in the 19th century

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