Ah OK, so it may be politically tricky/insensitive. Thanks Gordo. It's not an aspect of history I'm very familiar with but I suspect the answer to your question was yes, it was! Certainly looks that way from the Wikipedia page...
On 8 February 2017 at 08:57, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > On 06/02/17 13:36, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > > > Some of you may be aware that 2017 is the UK - India Year of Culture. I > > guess this resource may relate to that, or it could be a coincidence. > > Either way, it would be great to see what the potential is in terms of > > the Wikimedia projects :) > > > > > I am not so sure. Wasn't the East India Company in reality a body that > acted as if they were country of occupation in India? > > Gordon > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0991 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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