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    IMPERIAL HISTORIES

    Oct 29, 2020 2 minutes

    1. Basildon Park and ‘England’s Hindoostan’

    o many East India Company men settled in Berkshire in the 18th century that it became known as ‘England’s Hindoostan’. One of those men, Sir Francis Sykes, made his fortune collecting Indian taxes with the help of an Indian merchant named Cantoo Baboo, and in

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