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Women Against the Raj

Author : Joyce Lebra
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9812308091
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Women Against the Raj written by Joyce Lebra and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2008 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a ground-breaking history of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, part of the Indian National Army led by Bengali revolutionary Subhas Chandra Bose during World War II. The Regiment, a hitherto forgotten part of "the Forgotten Army," was composed largely of teenage volunteers from Malayan rubber estates, girls who had never seen India yet were eager to enlist to liberate India from colonial bondage. Bose, creator of the Regiment, connected a historical thread extending from the original Rani of Jhansi, killed in battle by the British in 1858, through Bengali women revolutionaries of the 1930s, to the Regiment, which he hoped would spearhead the liberation of India. The Rani of Jhansi Regiment provides a model of empowerment relevant for contemporary Indian women.

Women of the Raj

Author : Margaret MacMillan
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812976398
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Women of the Raj written by Margaret MacMillan and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth century, at the height of colonialism, the British ruled India under a government known as the Raj. British men and women left their homes and traveled to this mysterious, beautiful country–where they attempted to replicate their own society. In this fascinating portrait, Margaret MacMillan examines the hidden lives of the women who supported their husbands’ conquests–and in turn supported the Raj, often behind the scenes and out of the history books. Enduring heartbreaking separations from their families, these women had no choice but to adapt to their strange new home, where they were treated with incredible deference by the natives but found little that was familiar. The women of the Raj learned to cope with the harsh Indian climate and ward off endemic diseases; they were forced to make their own entertainment–through games, balls, and theatrics–and quickly learned to abide by the deeply ingrained Anglo-Indian love of hierarchy. Weaving interviews, letters, and memoirs with a stunning selection of illustrations, MacMillan presents a vivid cultural and social history of the daughters, sisters, mothers, and wives of the men at the center of a daring imperialist experiment–and reveals India in all its richness and vitality. “A marvellous book . . . [Women of the Raj] successfully [re-creates] a vanished world that continues to hold a fascination long after the sun has set on the British empire.” –The Globe and Mail “MacMillan has that essential quality of the historian, a narrative gift.” –The Daily Telegraph “MacMillan is a superb writer who can bring history to life.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer “Well researched and thoroughly enjoyable.” –Evening Standard

Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom

Author : Ramachandra Guha
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008498784
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom written by Ramachandra Guha and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A narrative of startling originality ... As discussions of Britain’s colonial legacy become increasingly polarised, we are in ever more need of nuanced books like this one’ SAM DALRYMPLE, SPECTATOR ‘Fascinating and provocative’ LITERARY REVIEW

Wicked Women Of The Raj : European Women Who Broke Society Rules And Married Life

Author : Coralie Younger
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Wicked Women Of The Raj : European Women Who Broke Society Rules And Married Life written by Coralie Younger and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2004 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unputdownablc factual account of the zenana world of the rajas and sultans of India, concentrating on the firangi bahus and begums of this veiled world of myths and folklores. The book gives us the stories of twenty different European women who broke society's rules to marry the 'heathen' Indian princes. Who were these women? Were they gold-diggers, or hopeless romantics hoping to enact their own Cinderella fairy-tale? Did they live happily ever after? Set against the backdrop of India's independence struggle, the book has a delicious and potent mix of flavours - the end of the British Raj and the downfall of the pompous and extravagant Indian aristocracy.

Indian Tales of the Raj

Author : Zareer Masani
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520071278
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Indian Tales of the Raj written by Zareer Masani and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As rich and varied as India itself, these accounts bring to the reader the Indian perspective on the British Raj. Included are the memories and experiences of more than fifty Indian men and women who worked under the British, made friends with them, and then fought to throw them out. They describe the role of apprentice under the sahibs, the complex racial barriers that divided the rulers from the ruled, the Western education which eventually encouraged rebellion, and the ways in which liberal British political arguments were turned against the Raj by nationalist campaigns to force the British to quit India.

The Indian National Army and Japan

Author : Joyce Lebra
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9812308067
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book The Indian National Army and Japan written by Joyce Lebra and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2008 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study traces the origins of the Indian National Army in the imagination of Iwaichi Fujiwara, a young Japanese intelligence officer, and the relationship between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Indian National Army as it evolved under the leadership of Bengali revolutionary, Subhas Chandra Bose. The study is unique in its use of Japanese archival sources for analysis of the relationship between Japanese policy formulation and the Indian independence movement in its military phase.

Women at War

Author : Vera Hildebrand
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682473163
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Women at War written by Vera Hildebrand and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the more improbable events of the Asia-Pacific Theater in World War II was the creation in Singapore of a corps of female Indian combat soldiers, the Rani of Jhansi Regiment (RJR). They served under Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose in the Indian National Army. Because the creation of an Indian all-female regiment of combat soldiers was a radical military innovation in 1943, and because the role of women in today’s broader context of Indian culture has become a prevalent and pressing issue, the extensive testimony of the surviving veterans of this unit is timely and urgent. The history of these brave women soldiers is little known, their extraordinary service and the role played by Bose remains largely unexplored. In the years since the RJR surrender in 1945, the story of Subhas Chandra Bose and the Rani Regiment of female combatants as signature symbols of both the national fight for independence and of Indian women’s struggle for gender equality has taken on aspects of myth. Lengthy interviews with the veteran Ranis together with archival research comprise the evidence that separates the myth of the Bengali hero and his jungle warrior maidens from historical fact, and this resulting book presents an accurate narrative of the Ranis. The facts are nearly as impressive as the legend.

Where Are You From?

Author : Dhooleka Sarhadi Raj
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520928671
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (286 download)

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Download or read book Where Are You From? written by Dhooleka Sarhadi Raj and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-08-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dhooleka S. Raj explores the complexities of ethnic minority cultural change in this incisive examination of first- and second-generation middle-class South Asian families living in London. Challenging prevalent understandings of ethnicity that equate community, culture, and identity, Raj considers how transnational ethnic minorities are circumscribed by nostalgia for culture. Where Are You From? argues that the nostalgia for culture obscures the complexities of change in migrant minority lives and limits the ways the politics of diversity can be imagined by the nation. Based on ethnographic research with Indian migrants and their children, this book examines how categories of identity, culture, community, and nation are negotiated and often equated.

Stories for South Asian Supergirls

Author : Raj Kaur Khaira
Publisher : Puffin
ISBN 13 : 9780241554364
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book Stories for South Asian Supergirls written by Raj Kaur Khaira and published by Puffin. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rani of Jhansi

Author : Joyce Lebra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Rani of Jhansi written by Joyce Lebra and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sourcebook on Violence Against Women

Author : Claire M. Renzetti
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1483378128
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Sourcebook on Violence Against Women written by Claire M. Renzetti and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Third Edition of this comprehensive volume covers the current state of research, theory, prevention, and intervention regarding violence against women. The book’s 15 chapters are divided into three parts: theoretical and methodological issues in researching violence against women; types of violence against women; and, new to this edition, programs that work. Featuring new chapters, pedagogy, sections on controversies in the field, and autobiographical essays by leaders in grassroots anti-violence work, the Third Edition has been designed to encourage discussion and debate, to address issues of diversity and cultural contexts, and to examine inequalities of race and ethnicity, social class, physical ability, sexual orientation, and geographic location.

Writing Under the Raj

Author : Nancy L. Paxton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813526010
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Writing Under the Raj written by Nancy L. Paxton and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the rhetoric of rape in British and Anglo-Indian fiction of the 19th and early 20th centuries, Paxton shows how it reflects basic concepts in the social and sexual contracts defining the women's relationship to the nation state.

Gentlemen of the Raj

Author : Pradeep P. Barua
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 9780275979997
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (799 download)

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Download or read book Gentlemen of the Raj written by Pradeep P. Barua and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2003-12-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic transformation of a small British-led colonial force into a large modern national army, complete with its own institutional officer corps, is a unique event, one without parallel. Indeed, the Indian Army's evolution challenges many current theories on the nature of British colonial rule in India. Barua offers a case study of the only post-colonial officer corps, among developing nations, never to have toppled a civilian administration. Its successful transformation forces us to re-examine interpretations of the British Raj. This remarkable achievement was the culmination of a complex, if cautious, program of military modernization that has been practically ignored by scholars researching the colonial Indian Army. Barua examines these neglected institutional and organizational changes, demonstrating that the dynamics of colonial military modernization in India was a result of the interaction between British and Indians. The end result was the creation of a highly professional national army, one of the few in the developing world to be untainted by political involvement.

Women of the Raj

Author : Margaret MacMillan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780050014202
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Women of the Raj written by Margaret MacMillan and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Art of Sukumar Bose

Author : Venka Purushothaman
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9814517844
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Sukumar Bose written by Venka Purushothaman and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To commemorate the centenary of artist Sukumar Bose (1912–1986), this book attempts to take an incisive look at the artist, his works and the context of his art production in South and Southeast Asia. Bose’s art varied from the traditional to the decorative and ornamental, with a hint of the Oriental flavour. His work demonstrated traces of the Bengal School styles of Abanindranath Tagore and AR Chugtai. Be it figurative, landscape or abstract, Bose’s art synthesized the decorative elements of Indo-Persian miniatures with Chinese and Japanese techniques. In this context, his vision and passion were inspired by traditional art forms, including Ajanta, Rajput and Mughal miniatures. His incisive observations of life, people and cultures, during colonial and postcolonial India and his later sojourn into Southeast Asia, emerge as both a contested yet seamless narrative of history and hope in his art. This book is the first of its kind to document and give a critical overview of Sukumar Bose.

Women's Movement and Freedom Struggle

Author : Raj Kumar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788171322732
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book Women's Movement and Freedom Struggle written by Raj Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During Vedic Times, Women Had Full Equality In All Spheres With Men. However, Over Time, The Social System Became Maleoriented For Various Reasons, And Women Found Themselves Subjugated To The Will Of The Men In The Family. During India S Struggle For Freedom From Colonial Rule, The Fight For The Emancipation Of Women Gained Momentum. Many Women Came To Be Accepted As Great Patriots And Freedom Fighters In There Own Right. They Began To Organise Themselves To Fight For Their Rights And The Government Came To Recognise That It Could No Longer Ignore Their Demand For Equality. The List Of Women Who Contributed To The Movement For Equality Is Unlimited. To Name Just A Few, Sarojini Naidu, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Aruna Asaf Ali And Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Took Up The Fight On Several Fronts. This Book Is An Attempt To Focus On The Long And Arduous Struggle By Women For Their Rights And For Equality. That They Were Successful To A Large Extent Is The Fact That A Woman Even Became The Prime Minister Of India. Students Of History, Teachers, Gender Activists And All Those Interested In The Movement That Led To The Liberation And Emancipation Of Women In India Will Find This Book Not Only Useful For Its Archival Material But Also Because Of The Spotlight It Places On Their Efforts.

The British in India

Author : David Gilmour
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374116857
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book The British in India written by David Gilmour and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An immersive portrait of the lives of the British in India, from the seventeenth century to Independence Who of the British went to India, and why? We know about Kipling and Forster, Orwell and Scott, but what of the youthful forestry official, the enterprising boxwallah, the fervid missionary? What motivated them to travel halfway around the globe, what lives did they lead when they got there, and what did they think about it all? Full of spirited, illuminating anecdotes drawn from long-forgotten memoirs, correspondence, and government documents, The British in India weaves a rich tapestry of the everyday experiences of the Britons who found themselves in “the jewel in the crown” of the British Empire. David Gilmour captures the substance and texture of their work, home, and social lives, and illustrates how these transformed across the several centuries of British presence and rule in the subcontinent, from the East India Company’s first trading station in 1615 to the twilight of the Raj and Partition and Independence in 1947. He takes us through remote hill stations, bustling coastal ports, opulent palaces, regimented cantonments, and dense jungles, revealing the country as seen through British eyes, and wittily reveling in all the particular concerns and contradictions that were a consequence of that limited perspective. The British in India is a breathtaking accomplishment, a vivid and balanced history written with brio, elegance, and erudition.