Valentia’s Journey from Calcutta to Bhagalpur: A Hardened Colonist’s Perspective
Viscount Valentia's diary recording his journey from Calcutta to Bhagalpur provides a candid picture of how an unapologetic colonist views Indians as an inferior people
Viscount Valentia's diary recording his journey from Calcutta to Bhagalpur provides a candid picture of how an unapologetic colonist views Indians as an inferior people
George Viscount Valentia was an unapologetic advocate of colonial slavery and celebrated British colonialism
A deep dive into some of the details of the East India Company's heartless loot of India gives us several insights into the intrinsic Briton character that was at the root of England's colonisation of large parts of the globe.