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Who wrote 'An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India'?

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Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor, the Indian politician, diplomat, and author, wrote An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India (2016). The book is an expansion of his viral Oxford Union speech arguing that Britain owes India reparations for colonial exploitation. It became a bestseller in India.

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