1. British In India
... sadly took the long, unmarried journey home. British-Indian society still shone with an air of gilded gentility. Silken canopies graced the private boxes at Calcutta theaters, while palanquins with golden bells and embroidered curtains were carried down St. Thomas Road. One typical bachelor in Calcutta in the 1780s kept 63 servants. Even a man at war did not consider relinquishing his ... to hold increasingly higher administrative posts. Yet for all its diminishing power, the last 50 years of the East India Company's presence in India in some respects marked a kind of golden age. This w...
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