In the British Empire, this was done using a lot of ... The East India Company turned their attention to southern India. When further English requests for trading privileges were turned down ...

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Ornit Shani, author of an excellently researched new book on how India received universal adult franchise in 1947, says the move was a "staggering achievement for a post-colonial nation" in the ...

India was the largest colonial empire when they covered 25% of the world lands - claiming the Sun never sets in the British empire. Rani, a British-Indian TV presenter herself, belongs to Punjab.