Princely States Of India

Author : Barbara N. Ramusack
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139449083

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The Indian Princes and their States by Barbara N. Ramusack Pdf

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.

Author : David P. Henige
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015062547990

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Princely States of India by David P. Henige Pdf

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.

Author : Waltraud Ernst,Biswamoy Pati,T.V. Sekher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351678438

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Health and Medicine in the Indian Princely States by Waltraud Ernst,Biswamoy Pati,T.V. Sekher Pdf

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

Author : Waltraud Ernst,Biswamoy Pati
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134119875

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India's Princely States by Waltraud Ernst,Biswamoy Pati Pdf

This is an invaluable work looking into new areas relating to India's princely states. Based on an abundance of rarely used archival material, the book sheds new light on diversities related to the princely states such as health policies and practices, gender issues, the states’ military contribution or the mechanisms for controlling or integrating the states. Contributions are from international, reputable scholars, and they present historiographic, analytical and methodological approaches, placing attention to concepts, theories and sources. Inter-disciplinary in nature, this book will appeal to scholars and researchers of South Asia, studies of transnational histories, cultural and racial studies, international politics and economic history and the social history of health and medicine.

Author : Adrian Sever
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015049819454

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Documents and Speeches on the Indian Princely States by Adrian Sever Pdf

Covers the period, 1773-1971.

Author : John Zubrzycki
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02
Category : India
ISBN : 9781805260530

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Dethroned by John Zubrzycki Pdf

In July 1947, India's last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten, stood before New Delhi's Chamber of Princes to deliver the most important speech of his career. He had just three weeks to convince over 550 sovereign princely states--some tiny, some the size of Britain--to become part of a free India. Once Britain's most faithful allies, the princes could choose between joining India or Pakistan, or declaring independence. This is a saga of intrigue, brinkmanship and broken promises, wrought by Mountbatten and two of independent India's founding fathers: the country's most senior civil servant, V.P. Menon, and Congress strongman Vallabhbhai Patel. What India's architects described as a "bloodless revolution" was anything but, as violence engulfed Kashmir and Indian troops crushed Hyderabad's dreams of independence. Most princes accepted the inevitable, exchanging their power for guarantees of privileges and titles in perpetuity. But these dynasties were still led to extinction--not by the sword, but by political expediency--leaving them with little more than fading memories of a glorified past.

Author : Sharada Dwivedi
Publisher : Roli Books
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : India
ISBN : 8174365753

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The Maharaja & the Princely States of India by Sharada Dwivedi Pdf

Descendents of some of the rulers of the former princely states of India; includes a brief ancestral lineage.

Author : Waltraud Ernst,Biswamoy Pati
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134119882

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India's Princely States by Waltraud Ernst,Biswamoy Pati Pdf

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

Author : Aya Ikegame
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136239090

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Princely India Re-imagined by Aya Ikegame Pdf

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.

Author : Tony McClenaghan
Publisher : Lancer Publishers
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Commemorative medals
ISBN : 9781897829196

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Indian Princely Medals by Tony McClenaghan Pdf

Author : Ian Copland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0521894360

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The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947 by Ian Copland Pdf

A fascinating study of the role played by the Indian princes in the devolution of British colonial power.

Author : Sandeep Bamzai
Publisher : Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9353338190

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Princestan by Sandeep Bamzai Pdf

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.

Author : S. N. Sadasivan
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Cochin (Princely State)
ISBN : 8170999685

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Political and Administrative Integration of Princely States by S. N. Sadasivan Pdf

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.

Author : Anju Arora
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015051831934

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The Princely States by Anju Arora Pdf

Based On Original Sources, The Study Analyses The Various Facets Of British Paramountcy In Operation In Princely States With Special Focus On Kapurtala State. Establishes That There Was Even Increasing Intervention In The Internal Affairs Of The States-In Various Administrative Matters. Has A Map, 9 Chapters, Appendices And A Useful Glossary.

Author : Vapal P. Menon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8125015973

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Integration of the Indian States by Vapal P. Menon Pdf

This is a reprint of a book which relates the extremely interesting and important story of how the political and administrative consolidation of India was brought about swiftly and peacefully.