India's Railway History

India's Railway History
Author: John Hurd II
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2012-08-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004231153

India has had operating railways for well-over 150 years: railways that have played a central and well-documented role in the making of India in the colonial and post-colonial eras. This handbook provides a reference guide for researchers interested in almost any facet of the history, colonial and post-colonial, of these railways. The secondary literature is identified and surveyed, primary sources and their locations identified, statistical and cartographic data discussed and presented, and a massive bibliography made available. This handbook is the indispensable tool for anyone seeking to understand India's railways and the roles they played in the making of modern India.

Communication and Colonialism in Eastern India

Communication and Colonialism in Eastern India
Author: Nitin Sinha
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2014-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1783083115

Through a regional focus on Bihar between the 1760s and 1880s, ‘Communication and Colonialism in Eastern India’ reveals the shifting and contradictory nature of the colonial state’s policies and discourses on communication. The volume explores the changing relationship between trade, transport and mobility in India, as evident in the trading and mercantile networks operating at various scales of the economy. Of crucial importance to this study are the ways in which knowledge about roads and routes was collected through practices of travel, tours, surveys, and map-making, all of which benefited the state in its attempts to structure a regime that would regulate ‘undesirable’ forms of mobility.

Indian Railways

Indian Railways
Author: Nanak Batukram Mehta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1927
Genre: Railroads
ISBN:

Our Indian Railway

Our Indian Railway
Author: Roopa Srinivasan
Publisher: Foundation Books
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788175963306

This book commemorates 150 years of railways in India. Introduced under colonial rule in the second half of the nineteenth century, the railways soon embraced the length and breadth of India bringing with it rapid political, economic, ecological and cultural changes. The articles in this book explore the impact of this technological phenomenon from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives. From early railway thinking in renaissance Bengal, to railway policing in Uttar Pradesh and issues of management to railway themes in literature, the writers in this volume reveal the world of the railways in all its exciting facets. The photo essay invokes the nostalgic world of steam with a series of evocative images. In the twenty-first century, the ever expanding horizon of the railways continues to draw in people and goods in the third largest railway network in the world.

Parliamentary Papers

Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1062
Release: 1908
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN:

Modern History Spectrum Short Notes (Quick Revision) (Faster Recall) for UPSC/IAS/State PCS/OPSC/TPSC/KPSC/WBPSC/MPPSC/MPSC/CDS/CAPF/UPPCS/BPSC/NET JRF Exam/College/School

Modern History Spectrum Short Notes (Quick Revision) (Faster Recall) for UPSC/IAS/State PCS/OPSC/TPSC/KPSC/WBPSC/MPPSC/MPSC/CDS/CAPF/UPPCS/BPSC/NET JRF Exam/College/School
Author: Team Arora IAS
Publisher: Arora IAS
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2023-02-18
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

Index Chapter-1 : Sources for the History of Modern India (Page:1 to 3) Chapter-2 : Major Approaches to the History of Modern India (Page:3 to 4) Chapter-3 : Advent of the Europeans in India (Page:4 to 9) Chapter-4 : Indian on the eve of British Conquest (Page:9 to 13) Chapter-5 : Expansion and Consolidation of British Power in India (Page:13 to 26) Chapter-6 : People’s Resistance Against British Before 1857 (Page:26 to 34) Chapter-7 : The Revolt of 1857 (Page:34 to 38) Chapter-8 : Socio-Religious Reform Movements: General Features (Page:38 to 42) Chapter-9 : A General Survey of Socio- Cultural Reform Movements (Page:42 to 49) Chapter-10 : Beginning of Modern Nationalism in India (Page:49 to 51) Chapter-11 : Indian National Congress: Foundation and the Moderate Phase (Page:51 to 53) Chapter-12 : Era of Militant Nationalism-(1905-1909) (Page:53 to 58) Chapter-13 : First Phase of Revolutionary Activities (1907-1917) (Page:58 to 60) Chapter-14 : First World War and Nationalist Response (Page:60 to 63) Chapter-15 : Emergence of Gandhi (Page:63 to 68) Chapter-16 : Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Aandolan (Page:68 to 71) Chapter-17 : Emergence of Swarajists, Socialist Ideas, Revolutionary Activities and Other New Forces (Page:71 to 75) Chapter-18 : Simon Commission and the Nehru Report (Page:76 to 78) Chapter-19 : Civil Disobedience Movement and Round Table Conferences (Page:78 to 86) Chapter-20 : Debates on the Future Strategy after Civil Disobedience Movement (Page:86 to 89) Chapter-21 : Congress Rule in Provinces (Page:89 to 90) Chapter-22 : Nationalist Response in the Wake of World War II (Page:91 to 95) Chapter-23 : Quit India Movement, Demand for Pakistan, and the INA (Page:95 to 99) Chapter-24 : Post-War National Scenario (Page:99 to 104) Chapter-25 : Independence with Partition (Page:104 to 106) Chapter-26 : Constitutional, Administrative and Judicial Developments (Page:106 to 115) Chapter-27 : Survey of British Policies in India (Page:115 to 117) Chapter-28 : Economic Impact of British Rule in India (Page:117 to 119) Chapter-29 : Development of Indian Press (Page:119 to 121) Chapter-30 : Development of Education (Page:121 to 124) Chapter-31 : Peasant Movements 1857-1947 (Page:124 to 126) Chapter-32 : The Movement of the Working Class (Page:126 to 127) Chapter-33 : Challenges Before the New-born Nation (Page:127 to 128) Chapter-34 : The Indian States (Page:128 to 130) Chapter-35 : Making of the Constitution for India (Page:130 to 131) Chapter-36 : The Evolution of Nationalist Foreign Policy (Page:131 to 133) Chapter-37 : First General Elections (Page:133 to 134) Chapter-38 : Developments under Nehru’s Leadership (1947-64) (Page:134 to 137)