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 The British Raj in India
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Author: S.M.Burke, Salim Al-Din Quraishi | ISBN: 0-19-577734-4 | Format: Paperback | Pages: 699 | Weight: 1.59 lbs | Pub. Date: 2004 | Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This treatise on the Raj perceptively reviews the roles played by the three principle parties – the British, the Hindus, and the Muslims. Broadly, the theses are:
The British conquered and ruled India with the help of Indians. When the weight of public opinion made it impossible for them to stay in India any longer, they managed to extricate themselves from the chaos with remarkable political dexterity. The British bled India economically but they also created an appetite for democracy and the rule of law.
The Hindus had everything going for them – overwhelming numerical superiority, a lead in Western education, and greater economic power. They lost their bid for a united India because they overplayed their hand.
The lot of the Muslims was the hardest – they were demoralized by the loss of their empire; they were regarded as seditious by the British because of their suspected role in the Great Rebellion of 1857; and they found it hard to convince the world that unmodified Westminster parliamentary institutions would install Hindus as their masters for all time.
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