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The line has been drawn. India and Pakistan have been divided. Mountbatten and Radcliffe have left. But how will ordinary people caught up in this geopolitical event fare? Listen as William and Anita are joined by Kavita Puri to discuss the impact partition had on real lives.http://www.projectdastaan.org/To get your free two week trial for Find my past, go to www.findmypast.co.uk and sign up. LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire Twitter: @Empirepoduk Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum HillExec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In this episode, Anita and William are joined by Alex von Tunzelmann to discuss Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India. Listen in to hear all about his superstar marriage to Edwina Ashley, his relationships with key figures such as Nehru and Jinnah, and the role he played in the partition of India. To get your free two week trial for Find my past, go to www.findmypast.co.uk and sign up. LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire Twitter: @Empirepoduk Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum HillExec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Listen as William and Anita discuss the life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. They will discuss the pivotal role he played in the creation of Pakistan, his rivalry with Gandhi, and the vision he had for his nation's future. Plus, we are very fortunate to be joined at the end by the wonderful Ayesha Jalal.To get your free two week trial for Find my past, go to www.findmypast.co.uk and sign up.LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empireTwitter: @EmpirepodukGoalhangerpodcasts.comProducer: Callum HillExec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Join William and Anita as they discuss the life of Udham Singh, who is as much man as he is myth. Coming from nothing, he killed a leopard with a knife as a toddler, then joined the revolutionary Ghadar Party, smuggled himself across the US-Mexico border, and on 13th March 1940 committed his most infamous act…To get your free two week trial for Find my past, go to www.findmypast.co.uk and sign up.LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empireTwitter: @EmpirepodukGoalhangerpodcasts.comProducer: Callum HillExec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Join William and Anita as they discuss the extraordinary life of Princess Sophia. Her story includes a debut at Buckingham Palace, a meeting with Gandhi, fierce involvement in the suffragette movement, and the First World War.LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire Twitter: @EmpirePodUk goalhangerpodcasts.comProducer: Callum HillExec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Join William and Anita for the final episode in their series on the Koh-i-Noor diamond. This remarkable story includes Prince Albert’s inadvertent creation of Britain’s first sauna, an elderly Duke of Wellington cutting the diamond, and the contemporary significance of the Koh-i-Noor.LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empireTwitter: @empirepodukGoalhangerpodcasts.comProducer: Callum HillExec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Divide and rule, a man described as Brian Blessed but ‘with a bigger, bushier, blacker beard’, and a whole lot of regicide. Join Anita and William as they continue to take us through the rip-roaring history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond.LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empireTwitter: @EmpirePodUkgoalhangerpodcasts.comProducer: Callum HillExec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Intense paranoia, palatial looting, and murder. Join Anita and William as they discuss the bloody origins of The Curse of the Koh-i-Noor.Twitter: @EmpirePodUk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A single stone has been fought over for at least 250 years by four different empires, and now sits in the Queen Consort's crown as part of the British royal family's Crown Jewels. William and Anita trace the murky history of one of the world's most famous diamonds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In the latest episode of Empire, William and Anita are joined by Ram Guha to explore the incredible life and story of Mahatma Gandhi.LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empireEmail: [email protected]: @EmpirePodUKTwitter: @EmpirePodUKgoalhangerpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Anita and Willie are joined by David Olusoga for a special episode of Empire, where they discuss the Queen, the Commonwealth, the future of the monarchy and the long shadow of Empire.LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empireEmail: [email protected]: @EmpirePodUKTwitter: @EmpirePodUKgoalhangerpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In the latest episode of Empire, Willie and Anita dive into the story of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, alongside Professor Kim Wagner. Plus a discussion as to whether analysing the darker parts of a country’s history is the same as talking it down.LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empireEmail: [email protected]: @EmpirePodUKTwitter: @EmpirePodUKgoalhangerpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Join William and Anita for the latest episode of Empire, which picks up in the aftermath of the 1857 Rebellion and the establishment of the British Raj.The episode covers the birth of Gandhi, the arrival of Michael O'Dwyer, Indian soldiers in the First World War, and the lead up to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empireTwitter: @EmpirePodUkgoalhangerpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Emerging victorious from the Battles of Plassey and Buxar, The East India Company cements its grip on power in India.Join Anita and William as they discuss the nature, horrors, and key figures of 'Company Rule' in India at its height in the early 19th Century.LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empireTwitter: @EmpirePodUkgoalhangerpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Welcome to Empire, a brand new history podcast hosted by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand.The first series looks at the British in India: The East India Company, The Raj, Gandhi, Independence and Partition.In the opening episode, William and Anita discuss the rise of The East India Company, exploring how a small corporation founded in Tudor England - with only a handful of employees - came to rule India.LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empireTwitter: @EmpirePodUkgoalhangerpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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How do empires rise? Why do they fall? And how have they shaped the world around us today?William Dalrymple and Anita Anand explore the stories, personalities and events of empire over the course of history.The first series looks at the British in India, covering the East India Company, the Raj, Gandhi, Independence and Partition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Iranic dominance of the steppe is ending, a new force has arrived. In this episode we take a brief look at the origins of the Turkic peoples and the first Türk Qaganate ahead of a series of episodes on the Turkic migrations into the Western steppe that would lead to the Khazars and Volga Bulgaria.
Read the show blog post here: https://therussianempirehistorypodcast/blog/episode-113-children-of-the-wolf
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In this episode, we look at the impact of the Scythians in their time and in later Russian history.
Read the show blog post here: https://therussianempirehistorypodcast.com/blog/the-scythian-legacy
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This episode rounds out our look at the Scythians with the Sarmatians, who displaced the Royal Scythians as the rulers of the Western steppe, and the Saka, the Scythians who stayed in the East.
Check out the episode blogpost at https://therussianempirehistorypodcast.com/blog/episode-111-sarmatians-and-saka
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In this episode we return to the narrative with a look at the Scythian migration from Central Asia into the southern Russian and Ukrainian steppe, and the first empire created by a steppe people.
Episode blog post https://therussianempirehistorypodcast.com/blog/episode-110-the-first-steppe-empire
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