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The article discusses the economic policies of Great Britain following the India Mutiny of 1857, which cost the British an estimated 42 million pounds. Scottish political economist the Right Honourable James Wilson was sent to Kolkata (present day Calcutta), India to enact financial reforms which included introducing paper currency and enacting an income tax system in British colonial India. Wilson died in India in 1860 and biographical information about him is presented.

The author discusses the role of the British in exploring India's civilization. He mentions the excavation work done by British officer Alexander Cunningham, the restoration work done on buildings like the Taj Mahal by Viceroy of India George Curzon, and the preservation of the Elliot Marbles, friezes from a stupa in Andhra Pradhesh, India by Sir Walter Elliot.

The author reports on the career of political cartoonist Attupurathu Mathew Abraham. Abraham started out as a reporter for the "Bombay Chronicle," and "Bombay Sentinel," in 1946. Abraham traveled to London, England and started to sell his cartoons to local newspapers, becoming the first political cartoonist at the "Observer." Abraham returned to India in 1969, where he drew cartoons until his death in 2002.

The article presents a historical profile of the Ray family of Calcutta, India, focusing on their contributions to the cultural, political, and social history of modern Indian history. Several members of the family are highlighted including Brahmian and women's education advocate Dwarakanath Ganguli, woman doctor Kadambini Basu, and writer, illustrator, and musician Upendrakishore Ray. Children's literature author Sukumar Ray is also discussed. The family's involvement in the publishing industry, its origins as Bengalis, and their impact on Indian culture is examined.

The article discusses Bhagat Ram Talwar, an Indian nationalist and World War II spy code named "Silver." He began the war as a spy for Italy, then spied for Germany, then the Soviet Union, and finally for Great Britain. He ended the war as a double agent under the supervision of British spymaster Peter Fleming, head of D Division in Delhi, India. Bhagat Ram begqan his career as a spy for the Italians after he aided Subhas Chandra Bose, leader of the All India Forward Bloc, to escape India through Afghanistan in 1940. The author consider the inaccuracies of the 1976 autobiography "The Talwars of Pathan Land and Subhas Chandra's Great Escape," by Bhagat Ram.

This article describes the Indian Mutiny Rebellion of 1857, which was the largest revolt against British imperialism in the 19th Century. Indian soldiers in the army of the East India Company in Bengal rose up against their officers, captured and killed many civilians, and nearly overthrew British rule in northern India.

Focuses on the significance to India's nationalist aspirations of the partition of two of the whole of Britain's Indian Empire, namely Punjab and Bengal. Information about Bengal and Punjab; Zamindari system; Bengal Congress.

Profiles Lord Louis Mountbatten, the first Governor-General of an independent but partitioned India in 1947. Mountbatten's mutation from Viceroy of the British Raj to constitutional Governor-General; His initial encounters with Indian and international press representatives; His personal friendship with Nehru.

Explores Britain's use of air power to enforce British policy and the imperial position in and around the Middle East between the wars. Why `air control' was considered a humane method of keeping the imperial peace; Role of the RAF in such areas as Iraq, the Sudan, Somaliland and India's North-West Frontier; Response of the victims of aerial policing.

Charts the tangled relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and British theologians and Christian politicians during India's struggle for independence. How the British viewed Gandhi and the challenging ambivalence of Hinduism; Understanding the political and religious backdrop of Indian nationalism; Key speeches and literature of leading figures of the period.

The article reports a number of brief items of historical interest current in January 2009. Among the events recorded is the dedication of a new war memorial to the British armed forces at Westminster Abbey, London, England, the restoration of a Scottish cemetery in Kolkata, India, and the dismissal of Toshio Tamogami, an officer in the Japanese air force, following his publication of an article in which he denied Japanese aggression in the Second World War.