The wealth the British extracted from India 'would be enough to carpet the surface area of London in British pound 50 notes almost four times over,' said the report The richest 10 per cent of the ...

Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in ...

The British Empire began in the 1500s, under Elizabeth I’s rule. The empire grew to rule over 400 million people, having a significant impact on people in Britain and the colonies. British ...

The British empire, according to Oxfam ... in the world’s industrial output plummeting from a fourth of the pie in 1750 to just 2% by 1900. The British clearly owe a lot of their material ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: No empire wins every fight, not even the vaunted British. For centuries, the sun never set on the British Empire. But eclipses there were, and... Here’s What You ...

The Industrial Revolution, which took place between 1750 - 1900, was a period of great ... These technological advances were happening while the British Empire was growing. Not all of these ...

A report mentioned that colonialism was responsible for ruining Indian industrial output by imposing strict protectionist policies which prevented Asian textiles from competing in the global market.

What made the British empire unique was they claimed that they ... What happened was India was deindustrialised. In 1750, seven years before British rule began, India accounted for almost a ...

In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed ...

the British empire looted $64.82 trillion from India. Of this, $33.8 trillion went straight into the pockets of the richest 10 per cent of Britons. In 1750, India’s share of global industrial ...

HELLO! brings you the latest news, photos and exclusives from the British Royal Family as they happen. The British royals are well-known for their charity work and public support of numerous ...