My father, Kailash Nath Goel, was born on 2 January 1923 in Sialkot, British India. He graduated from Murree College, Sialkot with an honours degree in Mathematics receiving the Dux and Youngson Gold Medals.
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My paternal grandfather's name was Tej Bhan Goel. I believe that he owned a hardware store.
I was born after the partition in India in Batala, Punjab in my maternal grandparents' house on 25 July 1948.
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I had talked to my uncle about this house. His memory was a bit hazy. He said that it was in Puran Nagar and was on a 30 marla plot. It was opposite a big white kothi. He mentioned Paris Road and an orange grove owned by Bashir Ahmed in the vicinity.
#sialkot #britishIndia

New Short Film: https://youtube.com/shorts/kyXB_cFLb6A
Stamp Treasure Hunt Film
In this Stamp Treasure Hunt short film I would like to present some of my recent purchases on ebay, which I bought for relatively little money.
More about stamps: http://sammler.com/stamps/
#stamps #oldpostcards #postcards #oldletters #collectors #collecting #GermanSouthWestAfrica #GermanColonies #BritishIndia #Finnishpostalstationery #oldpostcardofReichenbach #Reichenbach #philately

Does anyone know good resources (eg. glossaries) for terms used in #BritishIndia / British Raj, especially concerning indentured labourers and/or servants?

cc @istuetzle

@histodons #Colonialism

The British East India Company (EIC) was founded as a trading company in 1600. Run by a board of directors in London, the company employed a private army, first to protect the trade it conducted in the Indian subcontinent and then to expand its territories as it rampantly colonised its competition. https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/168/the-history-of-the-east-india-company/ #EastIndiaCompany #BritishEmpire #BritishIndia #History

The Battle of Chillianwala on 13 January 1849 was a bloody and indecisive clash between the British East India Company (EIC) and the Sikh Empire during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-9). The EIC commander, General Gough, employed the dated strategy of an infantry charge against well-prepared Sikh positions, and a quarter of his men paid the ultimate price. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2140/battle-of-chillianwala/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia #history #EastIndiaCompany #Anglo-SikhWars #BritishIndia

The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-9) once again saw the British East India Company defeat the Sikh Empire in northern India. The war, which started off as a rebellion against British colonial rule, included the high-casualty Battle of Chillianwala, but the conflict was finally won by the EIC with a decisive victory at the Battle of Gujrat in February 1849. https://www.worldhistory.org/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia #history #EastIndiaCompany #Anglo-SikhWars #BritishIndia

Continued Family Scans. This one is of Hubby's father and two aunts about 1934 or 35. I believe this might be in Calcutta or possibly Delhi but have yet to figure it out, and maybe I never will. It's India for sure based on other information I have about when the family traveled back to America. I just love the carriage design, and the expressions on the children's faces, plus the ubiquitous huge white topis of the British Raj.

#NDBProject01 #BritishIndia #Histodon

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 during a Sikh festival. At least 379 people died, and over 1,500 were injured in the massacre.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Jallianwala_Bagh_Massacre/ #AmritsarMassacre #BritishIndia #BritishRaj

The First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6) was a short and bloody conflict won by the British East India Company (EIC) against the Sikh Empire. The EIC was keen to expand into northern India, but the Sikh army was a well-trained, well-equipped, and hard-fighting obstacle. Traitorous Sikh generals were largely responsible for the eventual EIC victory. https://www.worldhistory.org/First_Anglo-Sikh_War/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia #history #EastIndiaCompany #BritishIndia #Sikh

The three Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1819) were fought between the Maratha Confederacy of India (aka the Mahrattas, 1674-1818) and the British East India Company (EIC). The Maratha Hindu princes were rarely unified, and so the EIC steadily reduced their power through a blend of diplomacy and warfare, which led to ultimate victory and the dissolving of the confederacy. https://www.worldhistory.org/Anglo-Maratha_Wars/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia #history #EastIndiaCompany #Anglo-MarathaWars #BritishIndia

The Four Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767-1799) were fought between the British East India Company (EIC) and the state of Mysore. Haidar Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, the "Tiger of Mysore", were relentless foes to British expansion in southern India but were eventually subdued by the triple alliance of the EIC, the Maratha Confederacy, and the Nizam of Hyderabad. https://www.worldhistory.org/Anglo-Mysore_Wars/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia #history #EastIndiaCompany #Anglo-MysoreWars #BritishIndia

The Battle of Buxar (aka Bhaksar or Baksar) in Bihar, northeast India, on 22-23 October 1764 saw a British East India Company (EIC) army led by Hector Munro (1726-1805) gain victory against the combined forces of the Nawab of Awadh (aka Oudh), the Nawab of Bengal, and the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II (r. 1760-1806). https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2116/battle-of-buxar/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia #history #EastIndiaCompany #BattleOfBuxar #BritishIndia