The Indian Princes and their States

The Indian Princes and their States
Author: Barbara N. Ramusack
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2004-01-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139449087

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.

India's Princely States

India's Princely States
Author: Waltraud Ernst
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2007-10-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134119887

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

Health and Medicine in the Indian Princely States

Health and Medicine in the Indian Princely States
Author: Waltraud Ernst
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2017-07-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351678434

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

Princely States of India

Princely States of India
Author: David P. Henige
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN:

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.

Princely India Re-imagined

Princely India Re-imagined
Author: Aya Ikegame
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 113623909X

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.

False Allies 2021

False Allies 2021
Author: Manu S. Pillai
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789391165895

In this brilliantly researched book, Manu S. Pillai uncovers a picture of the Indian princes far removed from the existing cliches and reminds us that the maharajahs were serious political actors - essential to knowing modern India.

From Raj to Republic

From Raj to Republic
Author: Sunil Purushotham
Publisher: South Asia in Motion
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2021
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781503614543

"This book makes a case for the unprecedented violence in India's immediate postcolonization and argues that it played a crucial role in institutional and constitutional development during this six-year span"--

Reshaping India in the New Global Context

Reshaping India in the New Global Context
Author: Subhash C. Jain
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2017-10-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1785369016

This book traces the history of India's progress since its independence in 1947 and advances strategies for continuing economic growth. Insiders and outsiders that have criticized India for slow economic growth fail to recognize all it has achieved in the last seven decades, including handling the migration of over 8 million people from Pakistan, integrating over 600 princely states into the union, managing a multi-language population into one nation and resolving the food problem. The end result is a democratic country with a strong institutional foundation. Following the growth strategies outlined in the book and with a strong leadership, India has the potential to stand out as the third largest economy in the world in the next 25 to 30 years. Subhash Jain and Ben Kedia delve into India's development and emergence as an economic power, one of the three countries that can make its own supercomputers, one of the six countries that can launch satellites and that has the second largest small car market in the world. They discuss its need for innovative initiatives and top leadership to pursue an agenda of economic growth, and monitored policies to encourage entrepreneurship at all levels. With an emphasis on the new leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the book identifies policies that need to be adopted to make India s future bright and prosperous. This book is a critical resource for students and scholars interested in India and invested in its progress, as well as policymakers, government officials and corporations considering India as a place to expand and do business.

The Maharaja & the Princely States of India

The Maharaja & the Princely States of India
Author: Sharada Dwivedi
Publisher: Roli Books
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2007
Genre: India
ISBN: 9788174365750

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