In the seventeenth century, the French established trading posts in the coastal cities of Surat, Masulipatam and Pondicherry. Other French territories included Karikal, Mahé, Yanam and Chandernagore.

An Indian comedian has said controversial figure Robert Clive has been largely "forgotten" in India. It comes after a prominent member of the House of Lords called for a statue of Clive to be taken ...

Baroness Thangam Debbonaire (yes, real name) is a member of Britain’s House of Lords. She used to be the MP for Bristol West from 2015 to 2024 and had served in Sir Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet as ...

Move over Harshad Mehta, Ketan Parekh, and Abdul Telgi. For sheer white-collar crime, no one in Indian history can compare to Robert Clive, who made looting a fine art and whose spoils would leave ...