THE EAST INDIA COMPANYS SEIZURE OF BENGAL AND HOW THIS LED TO THE GREAT BENGAL FAMINE OF 1770 By Roy Moxham youtu.be/Oye9VIieRGc Sunday 26 October 2014, Store Whitechapel Bengal History Week 2014 Brick Lane Circle He recently retired from the University of London. His most well-known book is The Great Hedge of India, part-travelogue, part-historical treatise on the authors quest to find a 1500-mile long customs hedge built by the British in India to prevent smuggling of salt and opium. His second book, Tea: Addiction, Exploitation and Empire focuses on the effect of British tea addiction on British policies in Asia and Africa, and includes the authors own experience as a tea plantation manager in Africa. His third book is called Outlaw, the extraordinary and true story of Phoolan Devi, Indias famous Bandit Queen, and of a friendship that transcended borders, religion and language.
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