History of Modern India

Contents: Preface. 1. British and French in India. 2. Clive in Bengal. 3. Administration of Warren Hastings. 4. Lord Cornwallis and John Shore. 5. Lord Wellesley and subsidiary alliances. 6. Lord Cornwallis, George, Bablow, Lord Minto. 7. Lord William Bentinck and Internal reforms. 8. The mutiny, 1857. 9. Lord Ripon and constitutional reform. 10. Foundation of Indian National Congress. 11. Administration of Lord Curzon. 12. Morley-Minto reforms. 13. Montagu-Chelmsford reforms. 14. Role of Tilak. 15. Tragedy at Chauri Chaura. 16. Lahore Congress. 17. Gandhi-Irwin Pact. 18. The 1935 Act and after. 19. Subhas Bose: struggle for independence. 20. The Second Global War and Quit India Movement. 21. Partition of India. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

"The volume has surveyed the significant events both during the East India Company\'s period as well as India under the crown. The commercial struggle in the early phase led to the political struggle and the British could have its sway over a large area of the sub-continent, of course the administrative capability of British Bureaucrats did pay them rich dividents.

India under the crown had to face several political events, mainly with the foundation of the Indian National Congress in 1885. The emergence of Mahatma Gandhi brought about a new style of non-violent Satyagraha which greatly strengthened the pathway to Swaraj. The mass movements, in many ways, succeeded leading ultimately to complete independence." (jacket)