Swadeshi Steam: V.O. Chidambaram Pillai and the Battle against the British Maritime Empire

In 1906 Britain's grip on the world was unassailable. Its navy ruled the seas and its trade empire spanned the globe. But in the small port town of Tuticorin a lawyer named V.O. Chidambaram Pillai—known to the world as VOC—had a revolutionary idea that would challenge the might of the empire itself. VOC's plan was audacious: to launch the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company a venture that would compete head-on with the British India Steam Navigation Company the shipping giant that controlled the r...See More