With the end of British colonial rule in 1947, the Indian subcontinent was divided into two nations, majority-Hindu India and majority-Muslim Pakistan. But simmering secular tensions and a hastily ...

Their secret map, known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement or the Asia Minor Agreement, established the geography of French and British colonial rule and influence. And it established national borders.

The results that they obtained were not, however, generally made public ; there is no published map of the special areas which were explored in that large territory. Nature - British Colonial ...

And it was taken during British colonial rule in the 19th century from what is now modern-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Today, the diamond belongs to the British royal family.

British Museum Taps Hew Locke to Explore Its Colonial Legacy in New Exhibition After decades of visiting the British Museum, Locke presents overlooked objects and under-explored histories. Hew Locke.