Chandrika Kaul
Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St Andrews
6 episodes
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The Sikh Empire
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of the Sikh empire under Ranjit Singh, who became Maharaja of the Punjab at Lahore in 1801 and united most of the Sikh kingdoms.
7 April 2016
Also featuring: Gurharpal Singh, Susan Stronge
The Lancashire Cotton Famine
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cotton famine in Lancashire during the American Civil War, when the supply of cotton from the south was blocked and mills closed.
14 May 2015
Also featuring: Emma Griffin, David Brown
Rabindranath Tagore
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature.
7 May 2015
Also featuring: Bashabi Fraser, John Stevens
The Indian Mutiny
Melvyn Bragg and guests Faisal Devji, Shruti Kapila and Chandrika Kaul discuss the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the rebellion which followed.
18 February 2010
Also featuring: Faisal Devji, Shruti Kapila
The Observatory at Jaipur
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Observatory in Jaipur, a repository for aeons of Hindu and Islamic intellectual life.
19 February 2009
Also featuring: David Arnold, Chris Minkowski
The Mughal Empire
Melvyn Bragg discusses the achievements of the Mughal Emperors, examines how they maintained their vast territory and how much the British Raj owed to them.
26 February 2004
Also featuring: Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Susan Stronge