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In 2018, they estimated that Britain had drained India of approximately $45 trillion (£36.5 trillion), which was based on a slightly different period – 1765 to 1938 – from the Oxfam timeframe.

A historian has suggested Britain return looted artefacts to its former colonies instead of vast sums in reparations, after an Oxfam report suggested India was owed over £52 trillion. The report ...