Author: Barbara N. Ramusack
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139449087
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Although the princes of India have been caricatured as oriental despots and British stooges, Barbara Ramusack's study argues that the British did not create the princes. On the contrary, many were consummate politicians who exercised considerable degrees of autonomy until the disintegration of the princely states after independence. Ramusack's synthesis has a broad temporal span, tracing the evolution of the Indian kings from their pre-colonial origins to their roles as clients in the British colonial system. The book breaks ground in its integration of political and economic developments in the major princely states with the shifting relationships between the princes and the British. It represents a major contribution, both to British imperial history in its analysis of the theory and practice of indirect rule, and to modern South Asian history, as a portrait of the princes as politicians and patrons of the arts.
The Indian Princes and their States
Author: Barbara N. Ramusack
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139449087
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Although the princes of India have been caricatured as oriental despots and British stooges, Barbara Ramusack's study argues that the British did not create the princes. On the contrary, many were consummate politicians who exercised considerable degrees of autonomy until the disintegration of the princely states after independence. Ramusack's synthesis has a broad temporal span, tracing the evolution of the Indian kings from their pre-colonial origins to their roles as clients in the British colonial system. The book breaks ground in its integration of political and economic developments in the major princely states with the shifting relationships between the princes and the British. It represents a major contribution, both to British imperial history in its analysis of the theory and practice of indirect rule, and to modern South Asian history, as a portrait of the princes as politicians and patrons of the arts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139449087
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Although the princes of India have been caricatured as oriental despots and British stooges, Barbara Ramusack's study argues that the British did not create the princes. On the contrary, many were consummate politicians who exercised considerable degrees of autonomy until the disintegration of the princely states after independence. Ramusack's synthesis has a broad temporal span, tracing the evolution of the Indian kings from their pre-colonial origins to their roles as clients in the British colonial system. The book breaks ground in its integration of political and economic developments in the major princely states with the shifting relationships between the princes and the British. It represents a major contribution, both to British imperial history in its analysis of the theory and practice of indirect rule, and to modern South Asian history, as a portrait of the princes as politicians and patrons of the arts.
Princely States of India
Author: David P. Henige
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In providing a carefully assembled chronology of the 290 most significant of the 600 states in India, the author provides new research for all scholars of South Asia, as well as Sikkim and the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, in the colonial period.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In providing a carefully assembled chronology of the 290 most significant of the 600 states in India, the author provides new research for all scholars of South Asia, as well as Sikkim and the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, in the colonial period.
India's Princely States
Author: Waltraud Ernst
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134119887
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This is an invaluable collection for scholars working on the princely states of India due to abundance of sources consulted and broad coverage of the subject It includes contributions by authors from Europe/UK, India and North America. Both editors are highly regarded and well reputed scholars. Most contributors are well known researchers in their field It will be of interest to scholarly community in Europe/UK, North America, Asia and Australia where Indian History and Politics is taught
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134119887
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This is an invaluable collection for scholars working on the princely states of India due to abundance of sources consulted and broad coverage of the subject It includes contributions by authors from Europe/UK, India and North America. Both editors are highly regarded and well reputed scholars. Most contributors are well known researchers in their field It will be of interest to scholarly community in Europe/UK, North America, Asia and Australia where Indian History and Politics is taught
Health and Medicine in the Indian Princely States
Author: Waltraud Ernst
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351678434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Psychiatric provision at Trivandrum in the early twentieth century -- Formal classification and treatment of patients -- Institutional trends and statistics -- The Orissan states - "something rotten somewhere"--Conclusion -- Index
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351678434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Psychiatric provision at Trivandrum in the early twentieth century -- Formal classification and treatment of patients -- Institutional trends and statistics -- The Orissan states - "something rotten somewhere"--Conclusion -- Index
The Maharaja & the Princely States of India
Author: Sharada Dwivedi
Publisher: Roli Books
ISBN: 9788174365750
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Descendents of some of the rulers of the former princely states of India; includes a brief ancestral lineage.
Publisher: Roli Books
ISBN: 9788174365750
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Descendents of some of the rulers of the former princely states of India; includes a brief ancestral lineage.
The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947
Author: Ian Copland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521894364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A fascinating study of the role played by the Indian princes in the devolution of British colonial power.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521894364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A fascinating study of the role played by the Indian princes in the devolution of British colonial power.
Princely India Re-imagined
Author: Aya Ikegame
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113623909X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
India’s Princely States covered nearly 40 per cent of the Indian subcontinent at the time of Indian independence, and they collapsed after the departure of the British. This book provides a chronological analysis of the Princely State in colonial times and its post-colonial legacies. Focusing on one of the largest and most important of these states, the Princely State of Mysore, it offers a novel interpretation and thorough investigation of the relationship of king and subject in South Asia. The book argues that the denial of political and economic power to the king, especially after 1831 when direct British control was imposed over the state administration in Mysore, was paralleled by a counter-balancing multiplication of kingly ritual, rites, and social duties. The book looks at how, at the very time when kingly authority was lacking income and powers of patronage, its local sources of power and social roots were being reinforced and rebuilt in a variety of ways. Using a combination of historical and anthropological methodologies, and based upon substantial archival and field research, the book argues that the idea of kingship lived on in South India and continues to play a vital and important role in contemporary South Indian social and political life. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113623909X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
India’s Princely States covered nearly 40 per cent of the Indian subcontinent at the time of Indian independence, and they collapsed after the departure of the British. This book provides a chronological analysis of the Princely State in colonial times and its post-colonial legacies. Focusing on one of the largest and most important of these states, the Princely State of Mysore, it offers a novel interpretation and thorough investigation of the relationship of king and subject in South Asia. The book argues that the denial of political and economic power to the king, especially after 1831 when direct British control was imposed over the state administration in Mysore, was paralleled by a counter-balancing multiplication of kingly ritual, rites, and social duties. The book looks at how, at the very time when kingly authority was lacking income and powers of patronage, its local sources of power and social roots were being reinforced and rebuilt in a variety of ways. Using a combination of historical and anthropological methodologies, and based upon substantial archival and field research, the book argues that the idea of kingship lived on in South India and continues to play a vital and important role in contemporary South Indian social and political life. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Princestan
Author: Sandeep Bamzai
Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited
ISBN: 9789353338190
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In the run-up to independence, a vile plan was devised by a handful of powerful princes to not join either India or Pakistan. The plan was led by the chancellor of the chamber of princes, Nawab of Bhopal, who was operating under the patronage of Mohd. Ali Jinnah, Lord Wavell and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The idea was to create a Third Dominion called Princestan where the 565 princely states would stay outside the ambit of the two free states and retain paramountcy under the aegis of the departing British. The success of such a malevolent plan would have made the newly independent nation unstable and vulnerable.
Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited
ISBN: 9789353338190
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In the run-up to independence, a vile plan was devised by a handful of powerful princes to not join either India or Pakistan. The plan was led by the chancellor of the chamber of princes, Nawab of Bhopal, who was operating under the patronage of Mohd. Ali Jinnah, Lord Wavell and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The idea was to create a Third Dominion called Princestan where the 565 princely states would stay outside the ambit of the two free states and retain paramountcy under the aegis of the departing British. The success of such a malevolent plan would have made the newly independent nation unstable and vulnerable.
From Raj to Republic
Author: Sunil Purushotham
Publisher: South Asia in Motion
ISBN: 9781503614543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"This book makes a case for the unprecedented violence in India's immediate postcolonization and argues that it played a crucial role in institutional and constitutional development during this six-year span"--
Publisher: South Asia in Motion
ISBN: 9781503614543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"This book makes a case for the unprecedented violence in India's immediate postcolonization and argues that it played a crucial role in institutional and constitutional development during this six-year span"--
Political and Administrative Integration of Princely States
Author: S. N. Sadasivan
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788170999683
Category : Cochin (Princely State)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Focus Of The Study Is On Administrative Integration Of Kerala. It Has 2 Parts - Part I Relates To The Princely States Under The British And The Princely States After Independence. The Second Part - Administrative Integration Of Kerala - Has 7 Chapters - Bibliography - And Index.
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788170999683
Category : Cochin (Princely State)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Focus Of The Study Is On Administrative Integration Of Kerala. It Has 2 Parts - Part I Relates To The Princely States Under The British And The Princely States After Independence. The Second Part - Administrative Integration Of Kerala - Has 7 Chapters - Bibliography - And Index.