The Town And The Raj
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The Town And The Raj
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Author : Anil Ganesh Mudbidri
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Town And The Raj written by Anil Ganesh Mudbidri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with British categories.
Based On Administrative Manuals, Gazettters, Official Records This Book Examines The Growth Of Dharwad Town And The Vast Changes In Its Demographic, Social And Cultural Characteristics Due To Its Political And Administrative Importance In Its Colonial Setting.
Murree During The Raj
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Author : Farakh A. Khan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Murree During The Raj written by Farakh A. Khan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Historic sites categories.
The Raj On The Move
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Author : Rajika Bhandari
language : en
Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited
Release Date : 2013-12-19
The Raj On The Move written by Rajika Bhandari and has been published by Roli Books Private Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-19 with History categories.
Established in the 1840s by the peripatetic British, dak bungalows forever changed the way officers of the Empire and their families travelled across the subcontinent and got to know the real India. With most of the British Raj perpetually on the move, whether on tour or during the summer migration to the hills, dak bungalow travel inspired a brotherhood of sorts for generations of British and Indian officers, who could recount tales of horrid dak bungalow food, a crazed khansama, and the time their only companion at the bungalow was a tiger on the loose. Today, too, PWD-run circuit houses and dak bungalows continue to occupy an important place in the lives and imagination of India's civil servants. In The Raj on the Move: Story of the Dak Bungalow, Rajika Bhandari weaves together history, architecture, and travel to take us on a fascinating journey of India's British-era dak bungalows and circuit houses, following, quite literally, in the footsteps of travellers who stayed in these bungalows over the past two centuries. Her search takes her from the early-19th century memoirs and travelogues of British memsahibs, to travelling from the original colonial outpost of Madras in the south to the deep interiors of Madhya Pradesh, the heart of British India. Evoking the stories of Rudyard Kipling and Ruskin Bond, and filled with fascinating tidbits and amusing anecdotes, the book unearths local folklore about these remote and mysterious buildings, from the crotchety khansamas and their delectable chicken dishes to the resident ghosts that still walk the halls at night.
Murree During The Raj
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Author : Farakh Ahmed Khan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Murree During The Raj written by Farakh Ahmed Khan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Historic sites categories.
Raj Of The Rani
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Author : Tapti Roy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 2006
Raj Of The Rani written by Tapti Roy and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with India categories.
They Say In Jhansi That The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Their Town Was Lakshmi Bai&' The 400-Year-Old Town Of Jhansi Still Feels That It Owes Its Fame To A Young Rani Who Ruled For Four-And-A-Half Years. In The Uprising Of 1857 Which Came To Be Known As The First War Of Indian Independence', She Was A Singular Figure In A Gallery Of Heroes. Rani Lakshmi Bai Also Became The Protagonist In A Different Kind Of Story Fiction By British Writers To Dramatize The Horrific Experience Of The Mutiny In Which An Oriental Queen, Full Of Passion, Added A Thrilling Dimension. But Despite An Incredible Career, It Took Eighty Years For Indians To Write A Comprehensive Description Of Rani Lakshmi Bai'S Life. It Was Not Because She Was Forgotten But That People Who Lived In Her Time Did Not Leave Any Writing Behind And The Few Who Knew Her Were Too Afraid Of Reprisals To Profess Links With Her. How Did A Young Marathi Woman Come To Wield So Much Influence In A Strongly Rajput-Dominated Region In The Grip Of An Alien Power? The Life Of The Warrior Queen Has Inspired Historians, Writers And, More Recently, Film-Makers. But For The First Time, In Biographer Tapti Roy'S Vivid Rendition, Lakshmi Bai Is Located Within The Wider Context Of Her Time And Space.
Stones Of Empire
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Author : Jan Morris
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2005
Stones Of Empire written by Jan Morris and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.
The attitude of the British to India was compounded partly of arrogance, but partly also of homesickness, and it shows in their constructions. Georgian terraces were adapted to tropical conditions, Victorian railway stations were elaborately orientalised, and seaside villas were adjusted to suit Himalayan conditions. This book, now reissued with a new introduction by Simon Winchester, is the first to describe the whole range of British constructions in India. Stones of Empire charts an enterprise in architecture, engineering, and social adaptation unique in human history.
Days Of The Raj
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Author : Pramod K. Nayar
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 2009
Days Of The Raj written by Pramod K. Nayar and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
British India generated the largest imperial archive in the world. From the stacks of administrative reports, minutes, instruction manuals, memoirs, letters, reports, cook-books and travelogues the British left behind,
A Gazetteer Of The Territories Under The Government Of The East India Company And Of The Native States On The Continent Of India In Four Volumes Compiled By The Authority Of The Hon Court Of Directors And Chiefly From Documents In Their Possesion By Edward Thornton
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854
A Gazetteer Of The Territories Under The Government Of The East India Company And Of The Native States On The Continent Of India In Four Volumes Compiled By The Authority Of The Hon Court Of Directors And Chiefly From Documents In Their Possesion By Edward Thornton written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with categories.
Raj Rhapsodies Tourism Heritage And The Seduction Of History
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Author : Maxine Weisgrau
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-23
Raj Rhapsodies Tourism Heritage And The Seduction Of History written by Maxine Weisgrau and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-23 with Business & Economics categories.
Heritage is a prized cultural commodity in the marketing of tourism destinations. Particular aspects of heritage are often more actively promoted, with others played down. The representation of heritage in tourism as static and timeless, derived since time immemorial from a distant past, is seductive. In Asia, a major part of the tourism market lies in the sale and consumption of highly orientalized images and versions of culture and history. In India’s marketing discourse, the state of Rajasthan symbolizes the nation in its heritage-laden, traditional and most authentic form. These images draw heavily on the British period in India - the Raj. In one sense, this vision of Rajasthan is ennobling, highlighting moments of cultural pride. In another sense, it demeans, by omitting and obscuring salient features of contemporary life. This fascinating book explores the cultural politics of tourism through interdisciplinary perspectives. Carol E. Henderson and Maxine Weisgrau demonstrate that tourism heritage privileges elite histories that recapitulate colonial relationships, compelling non-elites to collude in these narratives of subordination even as they advance their own alternative visions of history.
The Chaos Of Empire
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Author : Jon Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-10-25
The Chaos Of Empire written by Jon Wilson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-25 with History categories.
The popular image of the British Raj-an era of efficient but officious governors, sycophantic local functionaries, doting amahs, blisteringly hot days and torrid nights-chronicled by Forster and Kipling is a glamorous, nostalgic, but entirely fictitious. In this dramatic revisionist history, Jon Wilson upends the carefully sanitized image of unity, order, and success to reveal an empire rooted far more in violence than in virtue, far more in chaos than in control. Through the lives of administrators, soldiers, and subjects-both British and Indian-The Chaos of Empire traces Britain's imperial rule from the East India Company's first transactions in the 1600s to Indian Independence in 1947. The Raj was the most public demonstration of a state's ability to project power far from home, and its perceived success was used to justify interventions around the world in the years that followed. But the Raj's institutions-from law courts to railway lines-were designed to protect British power without benefiting the people they ruled. This self-serving and careless governance resulted in an impoverished people and a stifled society, not a glorious Indian empire. Jon Wilson's new portrait of a much-mythologized era finally and convincingly proves that the story of benign British triumph was a carefully concocted fiction, here thoroughly and totally debunked.
