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028			_a:Zafaa Books & Distributors _b: 313/56F, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi- 110035 _c: ZBD0504 _d: 06/11/2022
082			_a954.03 COP
100			_aCopland, Ian.
245			_aThe princes of India in the endgame of empire, 1917-1947 _c/ Ian Copland.
260			_a, Cambridge _b:Cambridge University Press _c, 1997.
300			_axiii, 302 pages _c: 24cm.
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505			_a 1. The making of Indian India 2. The shackles of paramountcy 3. A vision splendid 4. The princes and the diehards 5. On the edge of the abyss 6. Indian summer 7. Fin de siècle Conclusion
520			_aIan Copland's comprehensive and fascinating study of the role played by the Indian princes, the maharajas and nawabs of South Asia, in the devolution of British colonial power is long overdue. By rehabilitating the princes as subjects of serious historical study, the author demonstrates that, far from being puppets under the control of the British, they were in fact significant players on the Indian political stage in the inter-war period. He goes on to explain how and why an order so deep-rooted, and outwardly so strong, collapsed so quickly after independence under the successor Congress government in New Delhi. The study adds a new dimension to the political history of late colonial India, and has implications for the wider history of the twentieth-century British Empire
650			_aHistory
650			_aKings and rulers
650			_aInde Politique et gouvernement 1919-1947
650			_aPolitics and government
650			_aIndia Kings and rulers
700			_aIan Copland
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