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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
Movie
In the 1890s, in the small village of Champaner in Victorian India, the harshly taxed underdog...
Taxation British Raj
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India Conquered: Britain's Raj and the Chaos of Empire
Book
‘The core of the book is a virtuoso takedown of cherished shibboleths of Raj...
history
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Reading Paul Scott: The Raj Quartet and Staying on
Book
Little Lits are short, sharp introductions to classic works of literature. A study of Scott's four...
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A Rising Man
Book
The winner of the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crime writing competition. Captain Sam Wyndham,...
Crime historical fiction fiction
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The Day of the Scorpion
Book
BOOK TWO OF THE RAJ QUARTET India, August 9th 1942. The morning brings raids and the arrest by...
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The Raj Quartet
Book
Paul Scott's epic study of British India in its final years has no equal. Tolstoyan in scope and...
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Scotland to Shalimar
Book
Many a loft is full of family memorabilia, but Bryony Hill's collection is extraordinary. Packed to...
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And the Twain Shall Meet: Three Countries and Three Generations, a Doctor's Story
Book
Set between three countries, Burma, India and England, and spanning three very different...
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A Passage to India
Book
A Passage to India (1924) is a novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the...