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Durbar

Author : Tavleen Singh
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 9350094525
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Durbar written by Tavleen Singh and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tavleen Singh’s acclaimed and bestselling memoir begins in the summer of 1975 when, not yet twenty-five, she started working as a junior reporter in the Statesman in New Delhi. Within five weeks, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency, and soon reckless policies said to be authored by her younger son were unleashed on India’s citizens. In 1984, following Indira Gandhi’s assassination, Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister, fortified by a huge mandate from a nation desperate for change. But, belying its hopes, the young leader chose for himself a group of advisors, friends and acolytes just as unaware as him of the ground realities of a complex nation. It was the beginning of a political culture of favouritism and ineptitude that would take hold at the highest levels of government, stunting India’s ambitions and frustrating its people for years to come. A sharp account of these turbulent years, Durbar describes the Nehruvian era of Singh’s childhood, the Emergency of her youth and the political shifts that followed, bringing with them insurgencies, massacres, and crises internal and external. This remarkable memoir, vivid with the colour of election campaigns and society dinners, low conspiracies and high corruption, reminds us of this truth: that if India is to achieve a better future, the past cannot be ignored or forgotten.

The Durbar

Author : Mortimer Menpes
Publisher : Arkose Press
ISBN 13 : 9781345339406
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The Durbar written by Mortimer Menpes and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-10-25 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1903

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1903 written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Narrative of the Visit to India of Their Majesties, King George V. and Queen Mary

Author : Sir John William Fortescue
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Narrative of the Visit to India of Their Majesties, King George V. and Queen Mary written by Sir John William Fortescue and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Delhi Durbar

Author : Krishan Singh
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 9350094096
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Delhi Durbar written by Krishan Singh and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘I was taught to take everything I could by any means possible without feeling any sense of remorse, and that coloured the way I saw the world, a world where the strong stomp on everyone below them and doing good is for the naïve. I had been accidentally groomed to meet the requirements of the economic miracle that hit India in the early nineties, where the needs of the individual finally began to be addressed and seen as important, even necessary. Capitalism started seeping into our very marrow and socialistic gangrene seeped away, having only found a place in history as a well-intentioned failure. Nehru’s dream was finally dead and I think I helped deliver its death knell...’ In the heart of Lutyens’ Delhi – as politicians, power-brokers, media moguls, and bureaucrats go peaceably about their business of amassing unlimited personal wealth, occasionally getting ensnared in their own webs of scandal and sleaze – the President of India, an ex-army chief, throws everyone into shock by defying his rubber-stamp status and threatening to establish military rule. Only Jasjit Sidhu, his sometime son-in-law, erstwhile corporate banker and money launderer, and newly returned to India as personal financial adviser to Prime Minister Paresh Yadav, can bring him to heel. Brilliantly plotted and bitingly written, Delhi Durbar is an astute and gripping political novel, in which the outrageous twists and turns of the empowered corrupt and their fiercely self-serving agendas makes for a political thriller of a uniquely Indian flavour.

Power and Resistance

Author : Sepia International Inc. and the Alkazi Collection of Photography
Publisher : Mapin Publishing Pvt
ISBN 13 : 9781935677109
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book Power and Resistance written by Sepia International Inc. and the Alkazi Collection of Photography and published by Mapin Publishing Pvt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores how photography represented, idealised and publicised the Delhi Coronation Durbars of 1877, 1903 & 1911.masters held in the Louvre's collections.

Delhi Durbar, 1911

Author : Sunil Raman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789351941675
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Delhi Durbar, 1911 written by Sunil Raman and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Last Sunset

Author : Captain Amarinder Singh
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 8174369112
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book The Last Sunset written by Captain Amarinder Singh and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the Lahore Durbar, the glorious reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his exemplary organizational skills that led to forming of the formidable Sikh army and the fiercely fought Anglo Sikh wars. The Last Sunset: The Rise and Fall of the Lahore Durbar recreates history of the Sikh empire and its unforgettable ruler, Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Shukarchakia dynasty. An outstanding military commander, he created the Sikh Khalsa Army organized and armed in Western style, acknowledged as the best in undivided India in the nineteenth century. Ranjit Singh’s death in 1839 and the subsequent decline of the Lahore Durbar, gave British the opportunity to stake their claim in the region till now fiercely guarded by Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army. Captain Amarinder Singh chronicles in detail the two Anglo-Sikh wars of 1845 and 1848. The battles, high in casualties on both the sides led to the fall of Khalsa and the state was finally annexed with Maharaja Duleep Singh, the youngest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh put under the protection of the Crown and deported to England.

Lord Curzon in India, 1898-1903

Author : H. Caldwell Lipsett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Lord Curzon in India, 1898-1903 written by H. Caldwell Lipsett and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Nepal Nexus

Author : Sudheer Sharma
Publisher : Viking
ISBN 13 : 9780670089307
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book The Nepal Nexus written by Sudheer Sharma and published by Viking. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fast-paced and comprehensive account of Nepal today traces the recent past and the present of Nepali politics and geopolitics from the vantage point of an insider who had a ringside view of the developments of the last two decades. This was a turbulent, eventful era which had a transformative impact on the country. In this short span, Nepal experienced the Maoist revolt, the palace massacre, the state of emergency, the royal coup, the people's movement, the republic, the Madhes uprising, the Constituent Assembly, federalism and the new Constitution. Looking back at these developments, Sudheer Sharma argues that poverty, unemployment and oppression drove the Maoist revolt, and despite its ultimate failure, it played a decisive role in the socio-political transformation of Nepal. Furthermore, the relationship between the Maoists, the monarchy (Durbar) and the Indian establishment (Delhi) is absolutely critical to the understanding of the trajectory of the changes. The Nepal Nexus examines the impact of each of these three strands and tracks the complex interplay between them.

Empress

Author : Miles Taylor
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300118090
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Empress written by Miles Taylor and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entirely original account of Victoria's relationship with the Raj, which shows how India was central to the Victorian monarchy from as early as 1837 In this engaging and controversial book, Miles Taylor shows how both Victoria and Albert were spellbound by India, and argues that the Queen was humanely, intelligently, and passionately involved with the country throughout her reign and not just in the last decades. Taylor also reveals the way in which Victoria's influence as empress contributed significantly to India's modernization, both political and economic. This is, in a number of respects, a fresh account of imperial rule in India, suggesting that it was one of Victoria's successes.

Town Planning Towards City Development

Author : Sir Patrick Geddes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Town Planning Towards City Development written by Sir Patrick Geddes and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Death at the Durbar

Author : Arjun Raj Gaind
Publisher : Maharaja Mysteries
ISBN 13 : 9781492699835
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Death at the Durbar written by Arjun Raj Gaind and published by Maharaja Mysteries. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Golden age fans will appreciate how Sikander works his way through an array of suspects. Once again, Gaind successfully blends detection with history." --Publishers Weekly STARRED review December, 1911. All of India is in a tizzy. A vast tent city has sprung up outside the old walled enclave of Mughal Delhi, where the British are hosting a grand Durbar to celebrate the coronation of the new King, George V. From across India, all the Maharajas and Nawabs have gathered at the Viceroy of India's command to pay homage and swear loyalty to the King Emperor, the first monarch of England to travel out to India personally. Maharaja Sikander Singh of Rajpore is growing increasingly bored, cooling his heels at the Majestic Hotel as he awaits George V's arrival. Just as his frustration is about to peak, a pair of British officers shoulders in. They insist that he accompany them to the British Encampment. Irked, but his curiosity piqued, Sikander agrees. To his surprise, they take him to the King Emperor's quarters where Sikander's old school friend, Malik Umar Hayat Khan, the Durbar herald, awaits. Malik Umar is serving Lord Hardinge, the Viceroy and the highest-ranked Englishman in the country. Lord Hardinge, overruling several subordinates, tells Sikander that his services as a sleuth are needed by King and country. Sworn to secrecy, Sikander is ushered into George V's personal chambers. And there he finds the cause for his extraordinary summons--an exquisite nautch-girl, hanged until dead. Employing techniques he has learned from studying Eugene Vidocq and Sherlock Holmes, Sikander examines the scene and demonstrates the girl was not a suicide, but murdered. Her death at the very heart of the encampment could ruin the enormously costly celebration and spark deep political repercussions in India and in England. Under this pressure, the Viceroy hands Sikander both the case to solve and a ticking clock--he must complete his investigation before George V arrives. And under the surveillance of one Captain Campbell of an elite British regiment. The list of suspects and motives is too large, the number of hours for the task too few. But he gave his word and so the Maharaja must put his skills to work. In the end, Sikander wishes he had not. The Maharaja Mysteries are perfect reading for fans of Tarquin Hall, Barbara Cleverly, and the late HRF Keating--and Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Coyle.

Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-In)

Author : Shrabani Basu
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525434429
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-In) written by Shrabani Basu and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears, releasing September 22, 2017. History’s most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearestcompanion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim. In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of hertwo great loves—Prince Albert and John Brown—Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables at her Golden Jubilee. The two form an unlikely bond and within a year Abdul becomes a powerful figure at court, the Queen’s teacher, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a friend close to her heart. This marked the beginning of the most scandalous decade in Queen Victoria’s long reign. As the royal household roiled with resentment, Victoria and Abdul’s devotion grew in defiance. Drawn from secrets closely guarded for more than a century, Victoria & Abdul is an extraordinary and intimate history of the last years of the nineteenth-century English court and an unforgettable view onto the passions of an aging Queen.

A Glimpse of Empire

Author : Jessica Douglas-Home
Publisher : Rupa Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788129119780
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book A Glimpse of Empire written by Jessica Douglas-Home and published by Rupa Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a young Anglo-Irish-beauty's visit to Delhi for the 1911 Royal darbar, where a new King, George V, is to be proclaimed Emperor to reinforce the loyalty to the Crown of India's ruling princes. For a fortnight of relentless ceremony, unheard of extravagance and imposing military, telegraph and post offices, Lilah Wingfield meets many of the most remarkable colonial characters of the day, including some of the most foremost Indian Prices, vying to stage the most lavish display to prove their devotion to the Raj. As the rents are dismantled, Lilah travels through India- to the dangerous Khyber Pass on the Afghan Border, to Rajasthan, in the gory sites of the Mutiny and to stay with India's only female Ruler, the Begum of Bhopal. Her diary shows her deepening awareness of the ambivalence of certain maharajahs towards British rule even while she is being entertained royally in their lakeside palaces. Her Irish upbringing gives her an instinctive feeling for the mixture of their longing for independence and an affection for the mother country. The book is copiously illustrated by her own photographs.

India Through the Stereoscope

Author : James Ricalton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book India Through the Stereoscope written by James Ricalton and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dilli Durbar

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789387578739
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (787 download)

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Download or read book Dilli Durbar written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: