who supported her preparations for battle against the East India Company, providing additional soldiers, weapons, resources and training. Rani Nachiyar built an army of fierce female warriors that ...

Under Clive, the East India Company built up its private army to 260,000 soldiers, double the size of the British Army, and became ‘too big to fail’. Again, the modern parallels are ominous.

Recruitment of Nepalis into the British Army started even before the end of the 1814-16 war with the East India Company. Nepali soldiers have served in 10 Gurkha regiments of the British Army ever ...

at the alleged moment when the East India Company’s Military Fund was founded. In the background are the fund’s intended recipients. On the right is a group of needy soldiers and at the centre ...

who have served in the British army since 1815 under a deal struck with the British East India Company. Tens of thousands of Gurkhas now serve in the Indian army, including in counter-insurgency ...

In the 18th century, the East India Company had ruled India in the interests of trade and the enrichment of its members. But as the 18th century proceeded, Englishmen in India came under ...