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The Colonial Origins of the Dramatic Performances Control Act, 1876: A Page from Disraeli’s Diary of Oppression

The Colonial Origins of the Dramatic Performances Control Act, 1876: A Page from Disraeli’s Diary of Oppression

The now-forgotten Dramatic Performances Control Act of 1876 was passed by viceroy Lytton under the Prime Ministership of Benjamin Disraeli to specifically crush opposition to the colonial British rule in India.

By Sandeep Balakrishna
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Podcast #78: How the British Systematically Destroyed Hindu Charitable Institutions: The Untold Story

Podcast #78: How the British Systematically Destroyed Hindu Charitable Institutions: The Untold Story

It is a well known fact that India has never fully recovered from the all-encompassing horrors of British colonial rule. Both the human and the economic genocide carried out by the British against is well known. There's the famous research published by Columbia university which calculated that

By Team Dharma Dispatch
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