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Author and historian (born 1965)

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William Benedict Hamilton-Dalrymple is a Scottish historian, art historian, indologist, curator, broadcaster, critic and author.

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William Dalrymple
said · Jun 11, 2020
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The economic figures speak for themselves. In 1600, when the East India Company was founded, Britain was generating 1.8% of the world’s GDP, while India was producing 22.5%.

In The Guardian, 11 Jun 2020.

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William Dalrymple
said · Jun 11, 2020
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Robert Clive was a vicious asset-stripper. His statue has no place on Whitehall.

In The Guardian, 11 Jun 2020.

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William Dalrymple
said · Sep 12, 2012
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The current Western puppet Hamid Karzai is from the same sub-tribe as Shah Shuja, who was a British puppet in 1839, It is the same war under slightly different flags.

As quoted in "William Dalrymple's book on first Anglo-Afghan war out in December", Zeenews, 12 September 2012.

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Awards 7

2023Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2018President's Medal
2002Mungo Park Medal
1995Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

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About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
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living
Dates
Born 1965 · age 61
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