02123nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801030007608200140017910000200019324501340021326000550034730000230040236500090042549000550043450503780048952009060086765000120177365000220178565000240180765000330183170000170186420221113191915.0221113b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781108031400  a:Zafaa Books & Distributorsb:313/56F, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi- 110035c:ZBD0504d:06/11/2022  a954.3 MAL  a Malcolm, John.  aSketch of the political history of India from the introduction of Mr. Pitt's bill, A.D. 1784, to the present datec/John Malcolm.  a, Cambridgeb: Cambridge University Pressc, 2011.  aviii,549p.c:24cm.  b3920  aCambridge Library Collection - South Asian History  aPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Administration of Lord Cornwallis; 3. Administration of Sir John Shore; 4. Administration of Marquis Wellesley; 5. Second administration of Marquis Cornwallis, and administration of Sir George Barlow, till the conclusion of peace with Jeswunt Row Holkar; 6. General reflections on the political, civil, and military government of British India.  aThis 'sketch' by John Malcolm (1769-1833), covers a relatively small period - from the introduction of the India Bill in 1784 to the book's publication in 1811. The bill marked the beginning of increased government control over the East India Company, and Malcolm had arrived in India the year before it was passed and had an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of British influence and ambitions in India. In over five hundred pages, he examines governance in India, covering the administrations of Lord Cornwallis, Sir John Shore and Marquis Wellesley, all of whom he served under in increasingly important roles. Malcolm went on to write other books about India and Persia, where he also spent several years, and in 1827 became Governor of Bombay. His Sketch of India gives an insider's perspective on a crucial period in the consolidation of British authority in large areas of the subcontinent  aHistory  aPolitical History  aSouth Asian History  aCambridge Library Collection  aJohn Malcolm