Podcast HackThe British Empire: The Raj and Indian IndependenceBy Dan Snow's History Hit, Shrabani Basu
In a Nutshell
This March 2024 episode of Dan Snow's History Hit is the second of a two-part series covering the British Empire in India. This installment tells the story of the transition to colonial rule and the eventual Partition of India.
Favorite Quote
I'm asking the question of how a distant people from a small group of islands in the Atlantic came to dominate and conquer one of the mightiest and richest empires on earth, thousands of miles away from their homeland.
Dan Snow
Introduction
The centerpiece of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom is the Koh-i-Noor, a famous diamond looted during the annexation of Punjab in 1849 and given to Queen Victoria.
For some, the stolen diamond is a symbol of the British Empire's policy in India, which saw the wealth of the Indian continent as owned by Great Britain, to extract and flaunt as they wished.
This March 2024 episode of Dan Snow's History Hit podcast features journalist, historian, and author Shrabani Basu.
Basu and Snow provide a condensed timeline of the British presence in India, from the destructive profiteering of the East India Company to the catastrophic consequences of Partition in 1947, which created the nation of Pakistan.
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