
This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world
- how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred, departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India & Pakistan. British rule taught Indians to see themselves as Indians & its benefits included railways, hospitals, law & a universal language. But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic & magnificent, was always precarious. Its masters knew that it rested ultimately on the goodwill of Indians. This is a new look at a subject rich in incident & character; the India of the Raj was that of Clive, Kipling, Curzon & Gandhi & a host of lesser known others. RAJ will provoke debate, for it sheds new light on Mountbatten & the events of 1946-47 which ended an exercise in benign autocracy & an experiment in altruism. This book has 736 pages & is 12.7 x 19.8 x 4.5 cm