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King Charles III Faces Challenges as Old Colonial Links Go

Narendra Modi initiates moves to erase “symbols of slavery”

Sep 11, 2022
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By: John Elliott

In a coincidence that illustrates the great changes that Queen Elizabeth II had to deal with during a long reign, her death on September 8 came just a few hours after India, a leading member of what was once called the “British Commonwealth,” began removing some of the last emblems of British colonialism from central Delhi.

Erasing what P…

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