Torchwood India was founded by Queen Victoria to find alien technology in the British Raj. It was run by Eleanor, Duchess of Melrose, and maintained a cover as a gentlemen's club, the Royal Connaught Club. It was closed down by Jack Harkness in 1924, when Torchwood realised the Raj was coming to an end, and all their alien equipment was taken to Britain. In 2017, Gwen Cooper described every branch of Torchwood to be inactive. (AUDIO: More Than This)