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Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - The British Atrocity at Amritsar
The 13 April 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (aka Amritsar Massacre) was an infamous episode of brutality which saw General Dyer order his troops to open fire on an unarmed crowd of men, women, and children trapped in an abandoned walled garden...

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Hare Indian Dog
Hare Indian Dog, hand-colored lithograph by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1848.
Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Wyoming.

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Zitkala-Sa - Old Indian Legends: Iktomi And The Muskrat
OLD INDIAN LEGENDS..... Fourteen Old Indian Legends by Native American (Dakota) Author Zitkala-sa. These Legends feature the exploits of Iktomi the Native American Trickster god. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY..... Zitkala-Ša (1876–1938) which translates...

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Gardens in Indian Art - Jahangir and Prince Khurram with Nur Jahan
Tour this famous Indian Royal Garden as depicted in a 17th C. painting.

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The 1622 Indian Massacre: A Personal Story
In my lecture on the Virginia Colony (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvokFncxkh8), I discussed the strained relationship between the English colonists and the Powhatan Indians that culminated in the 1622 Indian Massacre, in which over 300...

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Etowah Indian Mounds
As I was kayaking on the Etowah river, I pulled over to film these aerials of the Etowah Indian Mounds. My drone is the Mavic 2 Zoom and you can see a good use of the zoom lens on a close up of the Temple mound. At no time did I fly directly...

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The Armies of the East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was first England's and then Britain's tool of colonial expansion in India and beyond. Revenue from trade and land taxes from territories it controlled allowed the EIC to build up its own private armies, collectively...

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Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade: Crash Course World History #18
In which John Green teaches you the history of the Indian Ocean Trade. John weaves a tale of swashbuckling adventure, replete with trade in books, ivory, and timber. Along the way, John manages to cover advances in seafaring technology, just...

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Fall of the East India Company
The British East India Company (1600-1874) was the largest and most successful private enterprise ever created. All-powerful wherever it colonised, the EIC's use of its own private army and increasing territorial control, particularly in...

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Mahabharata: the Ancient Indian Epic
The Mahabharata is an Ancient Indian Epic and is the longest epic poem in the world. It was believed to have been composed as early as the 4th c. BCE or even earlier by the sage Vyasa (who is also a character in the story). As a whole, the...