East India Company
How the Boiling Loins of Shah Alam II Extinguished the Mughal Empire
Shah Alam II's addiction to opium and sexual depravity resulted in the final takeover of the Mughal Empire by the British
Cornwallis
Murshid Quli Khan’s Ijtara System and Bengali Cinema
As the Subahdaar of Bengali, Murshid Quli Khan introduces the Ijtara system of revenue collection which has far-reaching consequences lasting up to the early 20th century
Aurangzeb
A Letter to Cornwallis by a Goswamini from Surat: A Study in Colonized Psyche
An obscure letter dated March 1791, addressed to Cornwallis written by a Goswamini belonging to the Vallabhacharya sect reveals several historical insights. Among others, it is a first hand evidence of Aurangzeb's appalling persecution of Vallabhacharya's followers, who had to migrate from Gokul to