Charles Fawcett (historian)

Sir Charles Fawcett (1869–1952)^[1] was a British historian. He served in the Indian Civil Service while India was a part of the British Empire.^[2] He published a number of articles and books related to Indian history and was an expert on the British East India Company. His most famous article, published in October 1937 in the Mariner's Mirror, suggests that the design of the flag of the United States may have been derived from the flag and jack of the British East India Company.^[3]

References

1. "The first century of British justice in India". National Library of Australia. Oxford : Clarendon Press. 1934. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
2. Chandrachud, Abhinav (2015). An Independent, Colonial Judiciary: A History of the Bombay High Court during the British Raj, 1862–1947. Oxford University Press. p. 180. ISBN 9780199089482.
3. Horton, Tom (2014). History's Lost Moments Volume V: The Stories Your Teacher Never Told You. Trafford Publishing. p. 116. ISBN 9781490744698.

External links

• Fawcett's article