“India has an extraordinary collection of cities which form a key part of the story of British colonialism” – Tristram Hunt MP

Abstract

On 23 November Dr Tristram Hunt MP visited LSE to speak as part of the new South Asia Centre series Colony as Empire: Histories from Whitehall. He discussed his book Ten Cities that Made an Empire, with a particular focus on Calcutta, Bombay and New Delhi. Afterwards he spoke to Sonali Campion about the significance of these Indian cities in the story of the British Empire, and how his research informs his outlook as a politician