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When Dubai answered to Delhi: The forgotten India–Gulf connection

Long before oil transformed Dubai, the city was closely tied to British India. From Indian passports and the Indian rupee to ...
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The Untold Story Of How British India Once Ruled Over The Gulf – And Then Quietly Let It Slip Away

New Delhi: Winter, 1956. British journalist David Holden stepped off a plane in Bahrain. Palm trees rustled in the desert breeze. The scent of spice lingered in the air. But what caught Holden off ...