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Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar

by M J AKBAR (Author)

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In July 1765 Robert Clive, in a letter to Sir Francis Sykes, compared Gomorrah favourably to Calcutta, then capital of British India. He wrote: 'I will pronounce Calcutta to be one of the most wicked places in the Universe.'
Drawing upon the letters, memoirs and journals of traders, travellers, bureaucrats, officials, officers and the occasional bishop, Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar is a chronicle of racial relations between Indians and their last foreign invaders, sometimes infuriating but always compelling. A multitude of vignettes, combined with insight and analysis, reveal the deeply ingrained conviction of 'white superiority' that shaped this history. How deep this conviction was is best illustrated by the fact that the British abandoned a large community of their own children because they were born of Indian mothers. The British took pride in being outsiders, even as their exploitative revenue policy turned periodic drought and famine into horrific catastrophes, killing impoverished Indians in millions.

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ISBN 13	9789356401921
Book Language	English
Binding	Paperback
Total Pages	384
Author	M J AKBAR
GAIN	X8GLWFY1PIN
Publishers	Bloomsbury India
Category	Politics Rajneeti

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ISBN 13	9789356401921
Book Language	English
Binding	Paperback
Total Pages	384
Author	M J AKBAR
GAIN	X8GLWFY1PIN
Publishers	Bloomsbury India
Category	Politics Rajneeti