Patrick O'Leary

Servants of the empire (eBook, PDF)

The Irish in Punjab 1881-1921

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Produktbeschreibung

Punjab, 'the pride of British India', attracted the cream of the Indian Civil Service, many of the most influential of whom were Irish. Some of these men, along with Irish viceroys, were inspired by their Irish backgrounds to ensure security of tenure for the Punjabi peasant, besides developing vast irrigation schemes which resulted in the province becoming India's most affluent. But similar inspiration contributed to the severity of measures taken against Indian nationalist dissent, culminating in the Amritsar massacre which so catastrophically transformed politics on the sub-continent. Setting the experiences of Irish public servants in Punjab in the context of the Irish diaspora and of linked agrarian problems in Ireland and India, this book descrides the beneficial effects the Irish had on the prosperity of India's most volatile province. Alongside the baleful contribution of some towards a growing Indian antipathy towards British rule. Links are established between policies pursued by Irishmen of the Victorian era and current happenings on the Pakistan-Afghan border and in Punjab.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526118417
• Artikelnr.: 60364901

Autorenporträt

Patrick O'Leary is an independent scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Context 1. Introduction: The scattered Irish 2. India and Punjab in
the late nineteenth century 3. The Indian Public Service 4. Who were they?
5. Straits settlements, Malaya and Ceylon Part II: The frontier 6.
Waziristan: warriors and administrators 7. Pro-consul and the Viceroy 8.
Frontiersman and the diplomat Part III: Land and infrastructure 9. Land:
The Irish dimension 10. Canal colonies 11. Dane and land bills 12. Irish
engineers and Punjab's infrastructure Part IV: Politics and society 13.
Lansdowne and Fitzpatrick 14. Punjab affairs are Simla affairs 15. Dane and
O'Dwyer Part V: Conclusions 16. Conclusions Appendices Bibliography Index