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Há 1 dia · Company rule in India (sometimes Company Raj, from Hindi: rāj, lit. 'rule') was the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent.This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah was defeated and replaced with Mir Jafar, who had the support of the East India Company; or in 1765, when the Company was ...
Há 5 dias · Matthew Trickett trabalhava como oficial de imigração no Ministério do Interior e foi acusado de vigiar ativistas pró-democraciaO post Ex-fuzileiro britânico acusado de espionagem para Hong Kong é encontrado morto em parque apareceu primeiro em A Referência.
Há 1 dia · In Hong Kong English, any more is always two words. [193] for ever or forever : traditional British English usage makes a distinction between for ever , meaning for eternity (or a very long time into the future), as in "If you are waiting for income tax to be abolished you will probably have to wait for ever"; and forever , meaning continually, always, as in "They are forever arguing". [194]
Há 2 dias · The company gained control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent and colonised parts of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. At its peak, the company was the largest corporation in the world by various measures and had its own armed forces in the form of the company's three presidency armies , totalling about 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the British army at the time.
Há 19 horas · These included Hong Kong from 1863 to 1866; Cyprus from 1955 until 1960 (and continued on the island as the division of the Cypriot pound until 1983); and the Palestine Mandate from 1926 until 1948. Later, in 1966, the UK Government decided to include in the Queen's Speech a plan to convert sterling into a decimal currency.
Há 6 dias · Uma morte "Inexplicável" para a polícia. Antigo fuzileiro naval britânico foi encontrado morto no domingo. Estava acusado de vigiar para a China ativistas pró-democracia de Hong Kong.
