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Ganges Cruise: down the Farakka barge

Retrace the history of the East India Company along the Ganges

While India’s freedom struggle and her epic battle for independence inevitably focuses on the India-Pakistan divide, the truth is that the British Raj’s roots were first entrenched in the eastern part of the subcontinent by the erstwhile East India Trading Company. As the mighty Ganges winds through fields and sleepy villages, discover the history of Bengal – from battles and bloodshed to its present-day avatar. Cruise down the Ganges river along the Farakka barge, past mustard fields and mango orchards and the lesser-known terracotta temples at Baranagar.

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