Subedar Subramanian, was the first Indian to be awarded the George Cross.
George Cross and its ribbon bar
The provinces of India, earlier 'presidencies of British India', and still earlier 'presidency towns', were the administrative divisions directly administered by the British authorities that formed pa
Fort William, Calcutta, the capital of the Bengal Presidency in British India 1735
The Indian peninsula in 1700, showing the Mughal Empire and the European trading settlements
The Indian peninsula in 1760, three years after the Battle of Plassey, showing the Maratha Empire and other prominent political states
Expansion of British Bengal and Burma