Barbara Ramusack describes the pre-colonial origins of the Indian princes, frequently portrayed as synonymous with oriental luxury, and how they adapted their public activities and personal lifestyles to survive as political leaders and cultural icons. Their collaboration enabled the British to govern India with relatively limited manpower from the late 1790s to 1947. The book is intended for students of colonial history and visitors to the princely states.
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"Now that much necessary ground has been covered with the appearance of this book, one hopes that it will be possible for more emphasis on processes of political and ideological change in indigenous adaptations to conditions of European imperial rule ." Institute of Historical Research
"Anyone seeking to understand India's princely states must begin by reading this thoughtful volume." Working, Thomas R. Metcalf, University of California, Berkeley
"Anyone seeking to understand India's princely states must begin by reading this thoughtful volume." Working, Thomas R. Metcalf, University of California, Berkeley
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Barbara Ramusack's book provides a broad-ranging overview of the princes of India. Frequently portrayed as synonymous with oriental luxury, the author describes the pre-colonial origins of these kings, and how they adapted their public activities and personal lifestyles in order to survive as political leaders and cultural icons. Their collaboration enabled the British to govern India with relatively limited manpower from the late 1790s to 1947. The book will make fascinating and accessible reading for students of colonial history, and for present-day visitors to the erstwhile princely states.
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Air India, the overseas airline of the independent Government of India (GOI), chose a bowing, smiling, turbaned maharaja or prince as its mascot during the 1950s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
salute table, praja mandal, princes and their states, most princely states, popular political activity, imperial assemblage, jam sahib, princely administrations, antique states, subsidiary force, administrative modernisation, treaty map, popular political leaders, residency system, kisan sabhas, princely patronage, subsidiary alliance, paramount power, indirect rule, minority administrations, princely rule Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British India, New Delhi, Bhupinder Singh, Sayaji Rao, Mughal Empire, Chamber of Princes, Ian Copland, Jai Singh, Robin Jeffrey, Round Table Conference, Salar Jung, Indian National Congress, Ranjit Singh, New York, Ramaswami Aiyar, English Company, Ganga Singh of Bikaner, Malhar Rao, Queen Victoria, British Crown, Lord Hastings, Madhava Rao, Man Singh, India Office, Jawaharlal Nehru New!
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Air India, the overseas airline of the independent Government of India (GOI), chose a bowing, smiling, turbaned maharaja or prince as its mascot during the 1950s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
salute table, praja mandal, princes and their states, most princely states, popular political activity, imperial assemblage, jam sahib, princely administrations, antique states, subsidiary force, administrative modernisation, treaty map, popular political leaders, residency system, kisan sabhas, princely patronage, subsidiary alliance, paramount power, indirect rule, minority administrations, princely rule Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British India, New Delhi, Bhupinder Singh, Sayaji Rao, Mughal Empire, Chamber of Princes, Ian Copland, Jai Singh, Robin Jeffrey, Round Table Conference, Salar Jung, Indian National Congress, Ranjit Singh, New York, Ramaswami Aiyar, English Company, Ganga Singh of Bikaner, Malhar Rao, Queen Victoria, British Crown, Lord Hastings, Madhava Rao, Man Singh, India Office, Jawaharlal Nehru New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Resisting Regimes by Shail Mayaram on 8 pages
- A Distant Sovereignty: National Imperialism and the Origins of British India by Sudipta Sen on page 52, page 76, and page 206
- The Native States of India by William Lee-Warner on page 56, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Mughal Empire (The New Cambridge History of India) by John F. Richards on page 33, page 46, and page 87
- Imagining India by Ronald Inden on page 17, page 87, and Back Matter
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- The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj by David Gilmour in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Women in Modern India (The New Cambridge History of India) by Geraldine Forbes in Back Matter
- A History of Modern India, 1480-1950 (Anthem South Asian Studies) by Claude Markovits (Editor) in Back Matter
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