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Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector

Royalists, beards and cowardice: are these the strangest taxes in history?

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Lord Louis Mountbatten with his fiancee Edwina Ashley in 1922. (Photo by Getty Images)

The Mountbattens: success and scandal . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A British officer stands alongside two of his Japanese counterparts in 1914 in Tsingtao (now Qingdao). Japanese troops played a key role in the capture of that strategic German concession in north-east China. (Photo by Getty Images)

First World War: beyond the western front

The humble G&T truly sustained the troops of the British Empire. (Photo by ahirao_photo/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Q&A When did people start drinking gin and tonic?

Four soliders of the 36th Sikhs, various ranks, 1896. The regiment was led in January 1897 to occupy the Samana posts, says Captain Jay Singh-Sohal. (Reproduced with permission from australiansikhheritage.com)

The battle of Saragarhi: when 21 Sikh soldiers stood against 10,000 men

Dornier 217 bombers of the Luftwaffe bomb London during the Battle of Britain.

9 of the most overrated battles in history (and one underrated one)

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Amritsar massacre. (Photo by Alamy)

The Amritsar assassin . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anita Anand, photographed in London.

Books interview with Anita Anand: “Singh hoped that he would be the catalyst for a revolution” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A young visitor looks at a painting depicting the Amritsar Massacre

Amritsar: day of shame

A painting of the Amritsar massacre. While Churchill described the killings as

The Amritsar massacre: the British empire’s darkest day

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Indian troops cooking in their camp kitchen in Marseilles. (Photo by Mirrorpix)

Indians in World War One . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Library Queen Victoria’s Indians

A still from the 2017 film Viceroy's House

Raj nostalgia: reconsidering the stories through which we view empire

Mahatma Gandhi in Britain

Gandhi in Britain

Amber Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Jaipur, India