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Indian States
Geography and Politics in Central India
Author: Ravindra Pratap Singh
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9788170220251
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Shooting a Tiger
Author: Vijaya Ramadas Mandala
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-10-18
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 0199096600
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The figure of the white hunter sahib proudly standing over the carcass of a tiger with a gun in hand is one of the most powerful and enduring images of the empire. This book examines the colonial politics that allowed British imperialists to indulge in such grand posturing as the rulers and protectors of indigenous populations. This work studies the history of hunting and conservation in colonial India during the high imperial decades of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. At this time, not only did hunting serve as a metaphor for colonial rule signifying the virile sportsmanship of the British hunter, but it also enabled vital everyday governance through the embodiment of the figure of the officer–hunter–administrator. Using archival material and published sources, the author examines hunting and wildlife conservation from various social and ethnic perspectives, and also in different geographical contexts, extending our understanding of the link between shikar and governance.
Empress
Author: Miles Taylor
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2018-10-02
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 0300118090
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An entirely original account of Victoria's relationship with the Raj, which shows how India was central to the Victorian monarchy from as early as 1837 In this engaging and controversial book, Miles Taylor shows how both Victoria and Albert were spellbound by India, and argues that the Queen was humanely, intelligently, and passionately involved with the country throughout her reign and not just in the last decades. Taylor also reveals the way in which Victoria's influence as empress contributed significantly to India's modernization, both political and economic. This is, in a number of respects, a fresh account of imperial rule in India, suggesting that it was one of Victoria's successes.
Poetry as Resistance
Author: Nukhbah Taj Langah
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2020-11-29
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1000365816
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Focusing on the culturally and historically rich Siraiki-speaking region, often tagged as ‘South Punjab’, this book discusses the ways in which Siraiki creative writers have transformed into political activists, resisting the self-imposed domination of the Punjabi–Mohajir ruling elite. Influenced by Sufi poets, their poetry takes the shape of both protest and dialogue. This book reflects upon the politics of identity and the political complications which are a result of colonisation and later, neo-colonisation of Pakistan. It challenges the philosophy of Pakistan — a state created for Muslims — which is now taking the shape of religious fanaticism, while disregarding ethnic and linguistic issues such as that of Siraiki.
No One Had a Tongue to Speak
Author: Utpal Sandesara
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2011-05-24
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1616144327
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →On August 11, 1979, after a week of extraordinary monsoon rains in the Indian state of Gujarat, the two mile-long Machhu Dam-II disintegrated. The waters released from the dam’s massive reservoir rushed through the heavily populated downstream area, devastating the industrial city of Morbi and its surrounding agricultural villages. As the torrent’s thirty-foot-tall leading edge cut its way through the Machhu River valley, massive bridges gave way, factories crumbled, and thousands of houses collapsed. While no firm figure has ever been set on the disaster’s final death count, estimates in the flood’s wake ran as high as 25,000. Despite the enormous scale of the devastation, few people today have ever heard of this terrible event. This book tells, for the first time, the suspenseful and multifaceted story of the Machhu dam disaster. Based on over 130 interviews and extensive archival research, the authors recount the disaster and its aftermath in vivid firsthand detail. The book presents important findings culled from formerly classified government documents that reveal the long-hidden failures that culminated in one of the deadliest floods in history. The authors follow characters whose lives were interrupted and forever altered by the flood; provide vivid first-hand descriptions of the disaster and its aftermath; and shed light on the never-completed judicial investigation into the dam’s collapse.
Maratha Generals and Personalities
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Publisher: Pratik gupta
Published: 2014-08-01
Total Pages: 182
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book can serve as a ready reference to all the key personalities in Maratha kingdom . There were several historical events like from foundation of Maratha Kingdom , Battle of Panipat till 3 Anglo Maratha wars . There are several great leaders in Maratha clan which lead from the front and sacrificed themselves for the survival of this Hindavi Swarajya. History student or a general reader is clue less about the background of the great people fighting from Maratha side .I have complied this book to give you a summary of all the personalities with mention of their contribution to key events in the History . This book can be read individually or can be used as a ready reference guide book .
From Feudalism to Democracy
Author: R. S. Darda
Publisher: New Delhi : S. Chand
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 376
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Hospitals in Iran and India, 1500-1950s
Author: Fabrizio Speziale
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2012-04-19
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9004228292
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work presents a significant panorama of studies on the history and role of hospitals in the Indo-Iranian world during the early modern and the modern periods when both traditional Avicennian medicine as well as Western medicine were practiced.
