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The ‘uniting’ of India under the Imperial rule has always been considered as a great British achievement. However, a close look at British politics of the time paints quite a different picture.
From believing that India was home to ‘backward races’ with no capacity for self-government to continuing to use Hindu-Muslim antagonism as a tool to prolong British rule in India, Churchill’s intentions in the last few decades of the Raj are quite revealing.
Read on to get an insight into India as envisioned by Winston Churchill, one of the most influential leaders in British history.
Imprint: Penguin
Published: Aug/2017
Length : 10 Pages
MRP : ₹15.00
Imprint: Penguin Audio
Published:
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Imprint: Penguin
Published: Aug/2017
ISBN: 9789386815583
Length : 10 Pages
MRP : ₹15.00
The ‘uniting’ of India under the Imperial rule has always been considered as a great British achievement. However, a close look at British politics of the time paints quite a different picture.
From believing that India was home to ‘backward races’ with no capacity for self-government to continuing to use Hindu-Muslim antagonism as a tool to prolong British rule in India, Churchill’s intentions in the last few decades of the Raj are quite revealing.
Read on to get an insight into India as envisioned by Winston Churchill, one of the most influential leaders in British history.
WALTER REID is a historian educated at the universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of a number of acclaimed books on British politics and history, including Keeping the Jewel in the Crown: The British Betrayal of India and most recently Neville Chamberlain: The Passionate Radical. He raises sheep and cattle in Scotland and grows olives in France. He is married to Janet Reid, a journalist, and has two adult daughters.
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