Private Correspondence Relating To The Anglo Sikh Wars Being Private Letters Of Lords Ellenborough Hardinge Dalhousie And Gough And Of Political Assistants Addressed To Sir Frederick Currie As British Resident At Lahore Etc Edited With An Introduction By Ganda Singh With Plates Including Portraits

Author : Satinder Singh Bawa
Publisher : Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press ; London : Feffer & Simons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Jammu Fox written by Satinder Singh Bawa and published by Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press ; London : Feffer & Simons. This book was released on 1974 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive biography depicts in depth the complex and controversial man who played a significant role in the history of northwestern India during the nineteenth century. Described by his European contempora­ries as "the Talleyrand of the East" and the "Ulysses of the hills," Maharaja Gulab Singh was perhaps the most dexterous and successful Indian diplomat of the nineteenth century. At a time when other Indian states were falling to the British, Gulab Singh founded the kingdom of Kashmir, which survived under his heirs for over a century. Based largely on primary sources in English, Persian, and Urdu, this new biography provides fresh insights into Gulab Singh's motives and policies, and brings into focus his role as fiefholder, Raja, and Maharaja, and as a man, soldier, and politician. However, the book is more than a portrait of a man. It sheds light on the entire diplomatic history of north­western India during the period. This big and important biography is exceptionally well written. The author's narrative skill provides a fascinating pic­ture of the diplomatic intrigue, sadistic tortures, the licentious activities of the Sikh army, and the economic exploitation of the common people.