Publisher's Synopsis
The history of colonial India has been factually and analytically told without intervention of counter factual interpretations. But the author's conclusions are empirically derived and strewn all over the book. The target of this book is the general readers. But it is so tuned that it can also help the students of history. Chapters include: The development of Company's administration and economic system, the growth of British Empire in India (1765 - 1857), the Indian economy (1772 - 1857), the cultural scene (1772 - 1857), Indian reaction against colonial rule, commercial agriculture during British rule, tenancy legislation of British India, British India during 1857 - 1919, the Indian economy (1857 - 1919), the cultural scene (1857 - 1919), the National Movement (1857 - 1919) and the Nationalist Movement (1920 - 1947).
