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NEW RECRUITS FOR THE EMPIRE<br />
Access to Indian soldiers was one of the subcontinent’s greatest<br />
assets for the British. The British Indian Army was founded in 1895<br />
and about 40 per cent of the Raj’s wealth was spent on the army and<br />
used in both world wars.<br />
BIRTH OF A<br />
CRICKETING<br />
NATION<br />
One of Britain’s most<br />
popular imports into<br />
India was cricket. The<br />
sport’s icon in the 19th<br />
century was Kumar Shri<br />
Ranjitsinhji, regarded<br />
as one of the greatest<br />
players of all time. He<br />
fought in World War I.<br />
WONDER OF THE WORLD<br />
The Taj Mahal is one of India’s most instantly<br />
recognisably structures. Completed centuries<br />
before the British Raj in 1653, Lord Curzon ordered<br />
a restoration project for the building after it was<br />
damaged during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.<br />
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