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Guillaume-Thomas Raynal, abbé de Raynal
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Born April 12, 1713 • France
Died March 6, 1796 (aged 82) • France
Subjects Of Study Europe • India • North America • South America • Western colonialism

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Guilluame-Thomas, abbé de Raynal, detail of an engraving by Nicolas Delaunay, 1780, after a drawing by Charles-Nicolas Cochin.
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Dupleix, engraving by Marie Champion de Cernel after a portrait by Sergent
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French colonial official
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Dalhousie, detail of an oil painting by Sir John Watson-Gordon, 1847; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of Dalhousie
governor-general of India
Napier, Robert Napier, 1st Baron
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier
British field marshal
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet.
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Earl of Ellenborough, detail of an oil painting by F.R. Say, c. 1845; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Edward Law, earl of Ellenborough
British governor of India
Sir Philip Francis, detail of an oil painting by J. Lonsdale; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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British politician
Francisco de Almeida
viceroy of India
Sir Olaf Caroe
British administrator
Earl Amherst, detail of an oil painting after A. Devis; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Pitt Amherst, lst Earl Amherst
British diplomat
Duarte Pacheco Pereira
Portuguese explorer
James Thomason
British colonial governor
Jean-Antoine Dubois, detail of a lithograph by F.-S. Delpech
Jean-Antoine Dubois
French missionary
Akhilesh Yadav
Indian politician
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India
Amit Shah
Amit Shah
Indian politician
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
English politician and author
Lord Curzon
Lord Curzon
British foreign secretary