Robert Clive to Jawaharlal Nehru : India: New Historical Interpretations
This is an extremely interesting study of Indian history from Robert Clive to Jawaharlal Nehru--India : new historical interpretations, based on some rare archival sources. It provides excellent new interpretations.
Some absorbing themes covered in this work are: how the founder of British empire in India Robert Clive cut his own throat with a sharp knife, how Sir Philip Francis disgraced England by entering a Dutch beauty Catherine\'s house at night, how Lord Lake\'s forces were massacred in Bharatpur, why Thomas Macaulay was disliked by the British Prime Minister in England, why did the British fear Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Panjab, the extraordinary tact and practical-mindedness of Begum Zebunissa Samru, and the shameless auction of Nagpur royal precious jewels by an absurd decision of Lord Dalhousie.
Interesting events relating to Sir Charles Trevelyan\'s humiliation by Lord Canning, massacre of hundreds of British military officers and civilians in Delhi during the great Indian revolt of 1857, Bahadurshah Zafar\'s victory procession through the streets of Delhi, Lord Elgin\'s mysterious death in the hills, Amar Singh\'s torture and death in Gorakhpur, Maharani Lakshmibai\'s death, Begum Hazrat Mahal\'s condemnation of Queen Victoria\'s proclaimation, and British racism and Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar have also been covered in this work.
Interpretations relating to Savitri Phule, Sister Nivedita, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Asutosh Mukherjee, Sri Aurobindo, Mira Richard, Dr. Har Dayal, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Rajrishi Purushottamdas Tandon, Lord Hardinge, Vallabhbhai Patel, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru provide a new dimension to historical studies and research. (jacket)
Some absorbing themes covered in this work are: how the founder of British empire in India Robert Clive cut his own throat with a sharp knife, how Sir Philip Francis disgraced England by entering a Dutch beauty Catherine\'s house at night, how Lord Lake\'s forces were massacred in Bharatpur, why Thomas Macaulay was disliked by the British Prime Minister in England, why did the British fear Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Panjab, the extraordinary tact and practical-mindedness of Begum Zebunissa Samru, and the shameless auction of Nagpur royal precious jewels by an absurd decision of Lord Dalhousie.
Interesting events relating to Sir Charles Trevelyan\'s humiliation by Lord Canning, massacre of hundreds of British military officers and civilians in Delhi during the great Indian revolt of 1857, Bahadurshah Zafar\'s victory procession through the streets of Delhi, Lord Elgin\'s mysterious death in the hills, Amar Singh\'s torture and death in Gorakhpur, Maharani Lakshmibai\'s death, Begum Hazrat Mahal\'s condemnation of Queen Victoria\'s proclaimation, and British racism and Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar have also been covered in this work.
Interpretations relating to Savitri Phule, Sister Nivedita, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Asutosh Mukherjee, Sri Aurobindo, Mira Richard, Dr. Har Dayal, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Rajrishi Purushottamdas Tandon, Lord Hardinge, Vallabhbhai Patel, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru provide a new dimension to historical studies and research. (jacket)
