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@RatheeRavindra Yes! Very well researched book. Hope we get more such books 👍🏻
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Ravindra Rathee
@RatheeRavindra
Author @harpercollinsin @amberleybooks ; Financier.
London, England Katılım Mart 2016
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@PreetiBChopra Thank you for your kind words @PreetiBChopra ! Hope you enjoy reading 'True to Their Salt'
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Great start to my reading in 2026. ‘True to their Salt’ by @RatheeRavindra on the history of Indian sepoys in not only building and sustaining the Raj but also helping in all the great wars across the world. Their contribution continues to remain unsung.
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With thanks to Marlene Daut, Peter Kastor and Ravi Rathee for their contributions, as well as to Josh Provan @LandOfHistory for interviewing and headlines - and, above all, to professorial panellists @CharlesEsdaile and @AMikaberidze who have been there every step along the way.
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The pivotal role of Indian soldiers in defeating Japan and shortly thereafter ensuring India's independence is one of the key themes of my book "True to Their Salt." Get your copy to read more amazon.co.uk/True-Their-Sal… #IndependenceDay #vjday2025
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Today is the 80th anniversary of VJ Day and the 78th anniversary of India's independence. The common thread between these two dates is the British Indian Army. Indian soldiers of the British Empire defended Britain’s freedom and then gained India's freedom. (1 of n)
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It was an honour and pleasure to speak at the @UniofOxford Sustainable Finance Group's 2025 Summit last week. Esteemed colleagues joined me for the session titled "Financing India's Green Transition". Thank you Gireesh Shrimali and @bencaldecott for the invitation.
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Delighted to be speaking at IGF London 2025: Forging Winning Partnerships.
Discover More at #IGFLondon: lnkd.in/e82PAJRz
Join me from 📅 16-20 June in 📍London!
#IGFLondon2025 #ForgingWinningPartnerships #UKIndiaWeek #IndiaGlobalForum
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Q4-1802: The British approach in India was based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the Marathas' strategic outlook, argues @RatheeRavindra in ep44...
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@WokePandemic @EmmanuelMacron @narendramodi @marseille Partly answered here (from the participants pov) by @RatheeRavindra
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Delighted to join @Alex__Stevenson @AMikaberidze @CharlesEsdaile Marlene Daut and @LandOfHistory on this amazing podcast!
@HarperCollinsIN @kan_writersside @amberleybooks
Napoleonic Quarterly@napoleonic_q
Q4-1802: Ep44, ‘The bloody quadrupeds’ is out now on all platforms!
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… And @RatheeRavindra describes how the British capitalised on this by sealing the deal with the Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy, signing the Treaty of Bassein in this three months.
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Josh Provan @LandOfHistory is back to describe how the weakness of Afghanistan’s Durrani Empire created an opportunity for the British in India…
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If they get to know, they may remember, with fondness and bitterness. Such people don’t write obituaries." lnkd.in/eka8UqTS
I remember his encouraging words, warm smile, and endorsement of my book!
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@bibekdebroy - the philosopher economist, and Chairman of @EACtoPM was fond of limericks, and wrote from his hospital bed four days before he passed away: "There are lives my life has touched, improved, even bruised.
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Kindness unbound!
Beauty in stranger's work he found!
On his journey for the heavenly abode.
Where do we find a heart so generous, a mind so broad?
His intellect so fine, his advice so sound!
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of our tribe!
That shared laugher will be my final memory of Kunwar Natwar Singh!
Travel well, Kunwar Sahab! Om Shanti!
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It wasn't easy to catch him smiling. So, when I recounted this sentence from his book - "Jats showed great camaraderie during adversity in the 17th century. In normal times, their primary pursuit is to destroy each other." - we enjoyed a hearty laugh at such an apt description
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Sad news from New Delhi today that Kunwar Natwar Singh passed away at the age of 95. I first met him at the College in the late 90s, where he was invited to deliver a talk. During an informal session - keen to impress - I blurted out that in his fine biography of
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Had a pleasant meeting with the author, fellow Stephanian, and former Union External Affairs Minister - K. Natwar Singh. I updated him on my forthcoming book, and he kindly gave me a signed copy of his last book! He also guided me on archive materials for my next book!
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