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✍️ Dr @ellencssmith.bsky.social (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) introduces us to her Imperial Letters project which explores how the correspondence of British families in India shaped public opinion of empire in the 19th & 20th centuries Find out more this South Asian Heritage Month 👉 bit.ly/45chAIX

Map of the British Indian Empire from Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909. Gwalior is located in one of India’s Princely States, coloured yellow on the map, which were semi-autonomous territories. Example of a letter envelope with Indian stamps consulted in Ellen’s latest research, courtesy of the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge.
aug 12, 2025, 8:03 am • 8 7

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