Directory of European Domination Resources

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Covers the period from the establishment of British power as the dominant power in the subcontinent during the middle of the 18th century, to independence in 1947.

Subcategories

• Bengal Famine 1943-1945
• Besant, Annie
• Jinnah, Mohammed Ali
• Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Nehru, Jawaharlal
• Rebellion of 1857
• Tipu Sultan

Resources in This Category

• Bentinck: On Ritual Murder in India

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1829bentinck.asp
  An exposition of the arguments put in favour of banning of the practice of sati in East India Company controlled lands during the 19th century.

• Discovering India, Imagining Thuggee

  http://texts.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft8s20097j&chunk.id=ch2
  An examination of the development of the British understanding of the Thugs, and of relevant British documentation.

• Dutch and Portuguese Colonial History

  http://www.colonialvoyage.com/
  Part of web site dealing with the empires of these two European powers.

• James Connolly: The Coming Revolt in India

  http://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/1908/01/india1.htm
  An article from 1908 comparing poverty and wealth within India, and the possible consequences for the British.

• Subhas Chandra Bose, The Indian National Army, and The War of India's Liberation

  http://www.vho.org/GB/Journals/JHR/3/4/Borra407-439.html
  Account by Ranjan Borra on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the INA, and its role in the independence movement. At the Vrij Historisch Onderzoek website.

• The Unseen World, and other essays - The Famine of 1770 in Bengal

  http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fiske/john/f54u/chapter9.html
  Chapter of a book by John Fiske, in 1869. Provides his explanations for the catastrophic famine of the early period of British rule in the previous century.

 

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