A refurbished colonial retreat in Mussoorie.
Who was responsible for the birth of the once-great and noble Congress party? Most people will say Alan Octavian Hume and the rest of his gang. But the truth, as usual, is different.
It was a man called Courtney Peregrine Ilbert, a government lawyer, who came up with a very good idea in 1883: he drafted a legislation that would allow Indian magistrates to try white people.
The Whites, especially in Calcutta (now …(Read more)