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Colonial India: 1850–1900
India · 1850–1900 · exact time + place
Under British rule, India experienced profound social, cultural, and political changes — cultural clash, resistance, and early movements toward independence, from princely states to the Raj. The button below opens StoryTerra with both India and 1850–1900 already set.
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Victoria & Abdul
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
In 1890s India an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.
Charulata
In 1870s India Charulata is an isolated artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy he convinces his cousin Amal to spend time…
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra, Part 1
Gunga Din
British army sergeants Ballantine Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s along with their native water-bearer Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission they unearth evidence of the…
The Chess Players
It is the year 1856. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the king of Awadh one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British colonialists intent on controlling this rich land have sent general Outram on a secret mission to…
Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
Story of Rani Lakshmibai one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance to the British Rule.
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa
Sarah Crewe is the only daughter of the wealthy Capt. Crewe. They are based in India. However Sarah is sent by her father to a boarding school in England. He gives her a doll named Emily and a young horse. Because of…
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
The true story of Lakshmibai the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the infamous mutiny of 1857.
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