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The Great Uprising in India 1857-58: Untold Stories, Indian and British

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The events of 185758 in India are seen here through a series of previously untold or littleknown accounts which show that they were much more complex than suggested by the label ‘Indian Mutiny’ applied by British writers (who saw the events as a colonial rebellion) or ‘First War of Independence’ which is used by most Indian writers. Drawing on archival and visual sources in Britain and India these accounts tell of the murder of the British Resident in the princely state of Kotah of Indians who opposed the Mutiny and suffered at the hands of the ‘mutineers’ of the small but significant number of Europeans who fought with the Indians against the British of the giant mud wall which the inhabitants of Lucknow built to defend themselves against the British and of the ‘prize agents’ of the East India Company licensed looters of seemingly limitless rapacity. The aftermath of the revolt and the ways in which it was commemorated are also recorded and throughout personal accounts convey the trauma of the dislocated times the participants’ anxiety and desperation the grisly bloodshed the vast devastation – illustrating as one Indian soldier who served in the East India Company’s army put it ‘the wind of madness’ that swept the subcontinent. About the Author Rosie Llewellynjones is author and editor of numerous books on India the most recent being Lucknow City of Illusion. She is the honorary secretary of the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia

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The East India Company and Religion 1698-1858

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This wideranging book charts how the East India Company grappled with religious issues in its multifaith empire putting them into the context of pressures exerted both in Britain and on the subcontinent from the Company’s early mercantile beginnings to the bloody end of its rule in 1858. Religion was at the heart of the East India Company’s relationship with India but the course of its religious policy has rarely been examined in any systematic way. The free exercise of religion the policy the Company adopted in its early days in order to safeguard the security of its possessions was challenged by Evangelicals in the late eighteenth century. They demanded that the Company should grant free access to Christians of all Protestant denominations and an end to ‘barbaric’ Indian religious practices. This gave rise to an unprecedented petitioning movement in 1813 comparable in strength to that for the abolition of the slave trade the following year. It was an important milestone in British domestic politics. The final years of the Company’s rule were dominated by its attempts to withstand Evangelical demands in the face of growing hostility from Indians. In the end it pleased no one and its rule came to a gory and ignominious end. In this compelling account Penny Carson examines the twists and turns of the East India Company’s policy on religious issues. The story of how the Company dealt with the fact that it was a Christian Company trying to be equitable to the different faiths it found in India has resonances for Britain today as it attempts to accommodate the religions of all its peoples within the Christian heritage and structure of the state. About the Author Penelope Carson is an independent scholar with a doctorate from King’s College London.

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A History of Assam

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The northeastern region of India has a rich history and Assam in particular has a distinct historical narrative. As Assam is often referred to as the ‘gateway to the northeastern states’ it holds a unique place in the region’s history and memory. This book provides a comprehensive history of Assam spanning from the prehistoric era to the emergence of British rule. It covers the Stone Age the traditional periods and extends through the Vedic age including the renowned Kamarupa kingdom from the fourth to the twelfth centuries ce. The volume also explores the notable Ahom and Koch kingdoms as well as other kingdoms such as Jaintia Manipuri and Sylheti. It addresses themes such as the invasion of Muslim Sultanates the decay and decline of the Ahom kingdom the consolidation and expansion of the British Empire the AngloBurmese War and its impact on Assam and concludes with the emergence of the tea economy under British rule. About the Author Sir Edward Albert Gait (18631950) was a former ICS officer and served as the Lieutenant Governor of the Bihar and Orissa Province in the Bengal Presidency. He was a recipient of the Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) and Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI). Gait established the Bihar and Orissa Society in 1915 and authored several important works including the Manual of Local Rules and Orders under Enactments Applying to Assam North Eastern India (Geography Archaeology Forests Flora Religion and Races) and The Assam Immigration Manual.

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A History of Assam

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Greater Mughals: The First Six Emperors of the House of Babur

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With Greater Mughals the author has completed his study of the Gurgani dynasty (which was how the Mughals described themselves). He has already covered the later emperors in The Forgotten Mughals. The Europeans spoke of them as the ‘Great Mughals’ and undoubtedly the first six of the house fully deserve that appellation. No European dynasty before or since has produced such remarkable rulers. Two of them wrote remarkably frank autobiographies which can still be read with pleasure today. The splendour of their court their apparently limitless power and incomparable wealth became legendary and it would be difficult to find anywhere in Europe’s numerous kingdoms a parallel to Akbar who occupies indisputably the first place amongst the rulers of India. While the reigns of the first two padishahs were short from the accession of Akbar to the death of Aurangzeb we have a span of 150 years a period sufficient to firmly ground the dynasty. Wars and rebellions mark the excessively long reign of Aurangzeb but by the time of his death the dynasty had acquired a legitimacy which no one ever seriously disputed. Local chiefs had issues and they would often take up arms but no one ever challenged the right of the Great Mughal to rule. About the Author G.S. Cheema a former civil servant is the author of several books namely The Forgotten Mughals (2002) Our History Their History (2012) and The Ascent of John Company (2017). Besides he has translated two important memoirs relating to eighteenth century India written by Frenchmen A Memoir of the Mughal Empire (2014) and Soldier of Misfortune (2024) the authors being Jean Law de Lauriston and the Comte de Modave respectively.

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What Congress and M.K. Gandhi have done to the Untouchables

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This volume is Ambedkar’s criticism of the Indian nationalist leader M.K. Gandhi and the grand old party of India the Indian National Congress for their position towards the untouchable community. He felt that both the party and Gandhi had underestimated the cause of the upliftment of untouchables. He also shared his personal experience where he was mistreated by his uppercaste peers despite having high educational credentials. Coming back from England after achieving his double doctorate from the London School of Economics he entered into mainstream politics by forming a party for untouchables the Independent Labour Party. He relates his personal experiences and other factual shreds of evidence and arguments when he criticizes both the party and Gandhian politics for not widely representing the untouchables in mainstream politics. He considered that Hindus were blindly following Gandhi and shared how untouchables have a similar apprehension towards the Congress just like Indian Christians Muslims and Sikhs. About the Author Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (18911956) was a constitutionalist economist political activist and jurist who headed the committee drafting the constitution of The Republic of India. Born in the family of Mahars an untouchable caste he completed his higher education at the University of Mumbai London School of Economics and earned his doctorate from Columbia University. He is also known for the Dalit rights movement and the establishment of the NeoBuddhism movement which is a sociopolitical movement among the Dalits.

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What Congress and M.K. Gandhi have done to the Untouchables

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This volume is Ambedkar’s criticism of the Indian nationalist leader M.K. Gandhi and the grand old party of India the Indian National Congress for their position towards the untouchable community. He felt that both the party and Gandhi had underestimated the cause of the upliftment of untouchables. He also shared his personal experience where he was mistreated by his uppercaste peers despite having high educational credentials. Coming back from England after achieving his double doctorate from the London School of Economics he entered into mainstream politics by forming a party for untouchables the Independent Labour Party. He relates his personal experiences and other factual shreds of evidence and arguments when he criticizes both the party and Gandhian politics for not widely representing the untouchables in mainstream politics. He considered that Hindus were blindly following Gandhi and shared how untouchables have a similar apprehension towards the Congress just like Indian Christians Muslims and Sikhs. About the Author Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (18911956) was a constitutionalist economist political activist and jurist who headed the committee drafting the constitution of The Republic of India. Born in the family of Mahars an untouchable caste he completed his higher education at the University of Mumbai London School of Economics and earned his doctorate from Columbia University. He is also known for the Dalit rights movement and the establishment of the NeoBuddhism movement which is a sociopolitical movement among the Dalits.

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States and Minorities: What are their Rights and How to Secure them in the Constitution of Free India

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Dr. B.R. Ambedkar served as the Minister of Law and Justice and the Chairman of the Drafting Committee after India achieved its independence in 1947. Ambedkar drafted several provisions in which he found the issues of States and minorities very challenging process. The Indian states before independence were ruled by the princely leaders who were mostly apprehensive of joining the Indian Union. Minorities had an uncertain future in India and Ambedkar had the task to accommodate them along with other groups such as Scheduled Castes and Tribes. This volume discusses the Ambedkar’s memorandum which was given to the Constituent Assembly. These are on minority communities and issue of state and statehood the constitutional provisions and remedies in dealing with various Indian states and rights provision and protection given to the minorities. About the Author Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (18911956) was a constitutionalist economist political activist and jurist who headed the committee drafting the constitution of The Republic of India. Born in the family of Mahars an untouchable caste he completed his higher education at the University of Mumbai London School of Economics and earned his doctorate from Columbia University. He is also known for the Dalit rights movement and the establishment of the NeoBuddhism movement which is a sociopolitical movement among the Dalits.

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Looking for the Enemy : Mullah Omar and the Unknown Taliban

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For twenty years the Taliban was the number one enemy of Western forces in Afghanistan. But it was an enemy that they knew little about and about whose founder and leader Mullah Omar they knew even less.Armed with only a fuzzy blackandwhite photo of the man investigative journalist Bette Dam decided to track down the reclusive Taliban chief a decade back. But in the course of what had seemed an almost impossible job she got to know the Taliban inside out realized how dangerously misinformed the global forces fighting it were and made a startling discovery about the elusive Omar’s whereabouts.The outcome of a fiveyearlong pursuit Looking for the Enemy is a woman journalist’s epic story that takes the reader deep into the dangerous mountains and warravaged valleys of Afghanistan as it throws up several unknowns about an organization that is now once again at the helm in one of the world’s most fragile states.

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Ancient India in Historical Outline, 4th Revised Edition

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This is the fourth revised version of the book which was first published in 1977. It surveys the major developments in India’s social economic and cultural history up to the end of the ancient period and explains the rise and fall of empires with refere

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