The East India Company was founded during the rule of Queen Elizabeth the first, for trading purposes, but very quickly grew into a dominating global player with its own army that went on to fight numerous wars and colonise a number of countries including India, thus making the British Empire one of the richest and the most powerful institutions in the world. The employees of the East India Company too made a lot of money in this process with many of them investing their colonial earnings in sprawling country homes and mansions back in Britain.
One such property is Powis Castle in Wales, where thousands of treasures and objects from India are displayed and out of these hundreds belong to one of India’s most famous and valiant rulers of all times - Tipu Sultan. BBC’s South Asia Diaspora Reporter Gaggan Sabherwal has visited Powis Castle to find out more about this magnificent building and its links with India and Tipu Sultan.
21 окт 2024
