Sunday, September 29, 2024

India: The port of Surat in Gujarat on the east coast of India in the 1600sAND-The trading post established by the British East India Company at Surat, India, circa 1680

  


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The trading post established by the British East India Company at Surat, India, circa 1680

The trading post established by the British East India Company at Surat, India, c.1680. From British Merchant Adventurers, published 1942. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)









Monday, September 9, 2024

The Battle of Plassey, 23 June 1757 fought between the British East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies. After the painting by Allan Stewart, (1865-1951). From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

 

The Battle of Plassey, 23 June 1757 fought between the British East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies. After the painting by Allan Stewart, (1865-1951). From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

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