Ah OK, so it may be politically tricky/insensitive. Thanks Gordo. It's not an aspect of history I'm very familiar with but I suspect the answer to your question was yes, it was! Certainly looks that way from the Wikipedia page...
On 8 February 2017 at 08:57, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
On 06/02/17 13:36, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote:
Some of you may be aware that 2017 is the UK - India Year of Culture. I guess this resource may relate to that, or it could be a coincidence. Either way, it would be great to see what the potential is in terms of the Wikimedia projects :)
I am not so sure. Wasn't the East India Company in reality a body that acted as if they were country of occupation in India?
Gordon
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