G. S. Cheema

The Ascent of John Company (eBook, ePUB)

From Traders to Rulers (1756-1787)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the story of the founding of the British empire in India. It is invariably a sordid story of brutality, tempered to some extent by blatant lies, corruption and intrigue. The romanticization of the empire was a phenomenon of the later Victorian period. Nostalgia for the Raj still lingers among some circles. For such people this volume will be a useful corrective; the past always seems better than the contentious present. Even for others, who may not see the past through rose tinted glasses, this book will help to place things in perspective.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351372664
• Artikelnr.: 49041006

Autorenporträt

G.S. Cheema is a former civil servant and writes mainly on historical subjects. His first book, on the later Mughals, The Forgotten Mughals, came out in 2002. This was followed by Our History, Their History (2012), and A Memoir of the Mughal Empire (2014), the last being a translation of Jean Law de Lauriston's Memoire sur quelques Affaires de l'Empire Mogol. He lives in Chandigarh.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Background: Bengal Before Plassey
3. Plassey and The Fall
4. The Puppets and The Puppeteers
5. The Plight of Nawab Ali Jah
6. The Tragedy of Mir Qasim
Nawab Ali Jah
7. Amongst False Friends
8. The Bengal Mutinies
9. Buxar and Thereafter
10. Clive Sets Things in Order
11. The Fading of The Nizamat
12. The Company Bahadur's Rule
13. The Entry of Warren Hastings - A Prelude
14. Hastings in Bengal - The First Casualties
15. Hastings and His Council
16. Nand Kumar's Attack
17. The Counter-Attack
18. Sir Elijah's Court in India
19. Warren Hastings and Munny Begum
20. The Destruction of Chait Singh
21. The Turn of The Begums
22. The Hastings Return Home
23. The Nabob's Life in India
24. Shaking The Pagoda Tree 25. Epilogue