Webb3 apr. 2024 · This book is a study of the cultural world of the Muslim soldiers of colonial India, set in Hyderabad in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and focuses on the soldiers' relationships with the faqir holy men who protected them and the British officers they served. Webb5 jan. 2013 · The book covers the trajectory of the British rule in India, from the fall of the Mughal empire in 1740 to India becoming an independent nation in 1947. James identifies key players in each era, describes various rebellions and wars that India was involved in during the time, and explains how the British maintained control.
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Webb13 apr. 2024 · Tirthankar Roy's new book, How British Rule Changed India’s Economy: The Paradox of the Raj, is a careful, measured and very well-evidenced answer to those who choose to see Britain's control of India as rapacious and destructive. As Lawrence James explains in his review below, Roy demonstrates that Britain's supposed economic … WebbThis is the magnificently recounted story of one of the wonders of the modern world. In less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, was always precarious. The twists and turns of' the struggle for independence are told with a wealth of new material. into the bedroom into bed under the covers
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India Paperback
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