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| ISBN | 9780385513173 |
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| Publication Date | 2005 |
| Pages | 218 |
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| ISBN | 9780385513173 |
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| Pages | 218 |
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In this beautifully written and fully detailed study, J. Royal Roseberry makes a major contribution to understanding the interaction of the agents of the British Raj and local leadership and elites in the nineteenth century.
In extending their power over the subcontinent, the British encountered their most difficult and complex task in the Indus Valley, northwest of Delhi. In playing the imperial game on this turbulent frontier they were often overmatched and outwitted by local leaders and their forces. Nowhere was the challenge greater than in Multan, a historic Muslim city, where power shifted continuously among a wavering dynasty, Hindu merchants, and tribal mercenaries.
A new factor entered the political arena in the 1840s with the arrival of representatives of the East India Company. Herbert Edwardes contested successfully with Diwan Mulraj and, through 1857, the administrative and land revenue systems of the Company were haltingly applied.
As elsewhere in India, local leaders and elites sought advantages under the new system and evaded its burdens when they could. Continuing the story after the disturbances of 1857-58 Roseberry discusses the continued jostling for power among Multan’s Muslims, Hindus, and British interlopers. He devotes attention to the judicial and revenue administrations, economic growth and social dislocation, and the growing communal tensions after 1880.
ISBN: 9694024250
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
ISBN: D9164 – Paperback
Publisher: SAHITYA AKADEMI
ISBN: Z9722
Publisher: VIKAS PUBLISHING HOUSE PVT LTD
ISBN: 0521417104
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Spanning the end of the cold war up through the present day, this book covers figures from around the globe, including at least one entry from each of the 190 countries of the world as well as many leaders of states or peoples that are only nominally independent. Political leaders of every stripe—from Kofi Annan to Vladimir Zhirinovsky—are found in this comprehensive and accessible A-to-Z dictionary.
ISBN: 8176499595
Publisher: VIVA BOOKS
ISBN: B5105 – Paperback
Publisher: BSPPB
ISBN: 0706928571
Publisher: VIKAS PUBLISHING HOUSE
