Datshiane: The company policies worsened the Bengal famine of 1770, causing the deaths of ... third episode in an eight-part series on the British Empire, and in this episode, we look at the ...

Following the abolition of slavery across the British Empire, Indian indentured labourers ... The Bengal famine of 1770 killed an estimated 10 million people as a result of a huge crop shortage.

The four spears are all that remains of the 40 or so which James Cook and his team took from the Gweagal people on their arrival in Australia in 1770 ... of the British empire, particularly ...