The aim of Bengal:The British Bridgehead is to explain how, in the eighteenth century, Britain established her rule in eastern India, the first part of the sub-continent to be incorporated into the British Empire. Professor Marshall begins his analysis with the reign of Alivardi Khan, the last effective Mughal ruler of eastern India. He then explores the social, cultural, and economic ihanges that followed the imposition of foreign rule and seeks to assess the consequences for the peoples of the region; emphasis is given throughout as much to continuities rooted deep in the history of Bengal, as to the more obvious effects of British domination. The volume closes with British rule firmly established, the arrival of Lord William Bentinck, and the failure of the great Agency Houses.
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"The entire Cambridge series, judging from the quality of these two examples, will prove essential reading for some time to come, for both specialists in Indian history and scholars in related fields. Both authors have clearly demonstrated their control over the state of scholarship in their respective areas. These two authors, and the series editors as well, are to be commended for a fine start to what should prove to be a major contribution to the study of Indian history." Michael H. Fisher, Public Affairs Spring 1989
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The pattern of events that allowed Britain to establish her rule in eastern India, as well as their consequences, are traced to reveal the effects of the imposition of foreign rule upon the subcontinent.
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Early in the eighteenth century the very diverse areas which now make up three states of contemporary India, West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, together with present-day Bangladesh, were loosely welded together under a single Governor to form the eastern wing of the Mughal empire. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
major zamindars, great zamindars, large zamindaris, revenue payers, revenue rights, revenue administration, revenue assessment, revenue policy, revenue demand, first sixty years, indigo plants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alivardi Khan, Permanent Settlement, Mir Jafar, Mir Kasim, Warren Hastings, Rammohun Roy, Murshid Kuli Khan, Nawabs of Bengal, New Delhi, India House Correspondence, Fort William, Black Town, Account of the Hindoos, Bengal Agrarian Society, British India, Trading World, Governor General, Agency Houses, Bengal Presidency, Home Miscellaneous, Shuja Khan, Bengal Board of Revenue, Ghulam Husain Khan, Houses of Agency, Rajas of Khurda New!
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Early in the eighteenth century the very diverse areas which now make up three states of contemporary India, West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, together with present-day Bangladesh, were loosely welded together under a single Governor to form the eastern wing of the Mughal empire. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
major zamindars, great zamindars, large zamindaris, revenue payers, revenue rights, revenue administration, revenue assessment, revenue policy, revenue demand, first sixty years, indigo plants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alivardi Khan, Permanent Settlement, Mir Jafar, Mir Kasim, Warren Hastings, Rammohun Roy, Murshid Kuli Khan, Nawabs of Bengal, New Delhi, India House Correspondence, Fort William, Black Town, Account of the Hindoos, Bengal Agrarian Society, British India, Trading World, Governor General, Agency Houses, Bengal Presidency, Home Miscellaneous, Shuja Khan, Bengal Board of Revenue, Ghulam Husain Khan, Houses of Agency, Rajas of Khurda New!
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- Rulers, Townsmen, and Bazaars: North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion 1770-1870 by C. A. Bayly on 4 pages
- A History of India by N.K. Sinha in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Islamic Syncretistic Tradition in Bengal by Asim Roy on page 34, page 69, and Back Matter
- Seir Mutaqherin: Or View of Modern Times, Being a History of India, from the Year 1118 to the Year 1194 A. H. (1781-82 A.D.) by Seid Gholam Hossein Khan on page 50, page 81, and page 94
- Sahibs and Munshis on page 179, and Back Matter
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