From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern IndiaFrom Plassey to Partition is an eminently readable account of the emergence of India as a nation. It covers about two hundred years of political and socio-economic turbulence. Of particular interest to the contemporary reader will be sections such as Early Nationalism: Discontent and Dissension , Many Voices of a Nation and Freedom with Partition . On the one hand, it converses with students of Indian history and on the other, it engages general and curious readers. Few books on this crucial period of history have captured the rhythms of India s polyphonic nationalism as From Plassey to Partition. |
Contents
The Mughal empire in 1707 | 6 |
The regional powers of the eighteenth century | 21 |
British territories in India in 1857 4647 | 46 |
British Empire in India | 66 |
British India and the princely states c 1904 116117 | 116 |
Reform and Rebellion | 139 |
Emergence of Indian Nationalism | 184 |
Discontent and Dissension | 227 |
The Age of Gandhian Politics | 279 |
Many Voices of a Nation | 334 |
Freedom with Partition | 405 |
India in 1947 458459 | 458 |
Postscript | 473 |
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