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Masala HistoryAuthor: Deepthi Murali and Manamee Guha
Masala History is a podcast on the history of India and the Indian Subcontinent hosted by a historian and an art historian. We talk a lot of history and a little of historical gossip! New episode comes out every three weeks. Language: en Genres: Courses, Education, History Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 14 | Kanhoji Angre
Episode 14
Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
In this episode, we explore the history of Kanhoji Angre and his exploits in the Arabian Sea, particularly against the British East India Company. Angre and his sons are perhaps better known to history as the fierce and dangerous “Angria pirates” who plundered and murdered poor innocents on the Indian Seas. But was Kanhoji Angre a pirate as the British said he was or was he India’s first freedom fighter?
