Though the British Empire officially dissolved decades ago, its legacy is still woven into the fabric of many nations across the globe. From language and law to education systems and infrastructure, ...

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 ...

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.