When Gandhi and other Indian thinkers joined the world to take on the race problem
In 1911, delegates from across the globe gathered in London to imagine a more just international order. Just three years later, war intervened.
The 13th Dalai Lama fled Tibet for India long before his successor’s famous escape
As the Qing empire crumbled, the Tibetan leader sought British backing. The Raj welcomed him with honours but stopped short of supporting his political cause.