Username:  
Password:  
Customize your search:   [refine search][refine search][refine search]
 
· Type your specific word or phrase in the box above
  and then click Search.
· Put exact phrases in quotation marks. Do not put single
  words in quotation marks.


Look for related topics at questia.com

Book details

The History of India
The History of India
Look inside this book

Free preview pages
i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix, xi, xii, xiii, xiv, xv, xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, xx, 1, 11, 29, 49, 65, 81, 101, 129, 145, 161, 177, 195, 199, 203, 213, 217, 224, 225
search in this book
search the library

related resources

Discover questia

The History of India

by John Mcleod. 225 pgs.

Read the complete book The History of India by becoming a questia.com member. Choose a membership plan to an academic-level library with more than 67,000 full-text books, 1.5 million articles, an entire reference set with a dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus plus a collection of digital tools to organize your information.
 

publication details

Contributors:

   John Mcleod

Publisher:

   Greenwood Press

Place of Publication:

  Westport, CT  

Publication Year:

  2002
Subjects:   India--History, India--History--1947-
Table of contents
Advanced Search
Customize your search:   [refine search][refine search][refine search]
 
· Type your specific word or phrase in the box above
  and then click Search.
· Put exact phrases in quotation marks. Do not put single
  words in quotation marks.

Questia Books and Articles on Similar Subjects
We found: 56492 results
By media type:
 

Books:

 

39279  

 

Journal articles:

 

7709  

 

Magazine articles:

 

4969  

 

Newspaper articles:

 

4291  

 

Encyclopedia articles:

 

244  

Research Topics on: (India History) OR (India History 1947 )

 List All Topics    
Indian History
 

books on: (India History) OR (India History 1947 )  - 39279 results

       More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
The History of India
Book by John McLeod; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: India--History, India--History--1947-
...313 31459 4 alk. paper 1. India History. 2. India History 1947 I. Title. II. Series. DS463.M224 2002...and Bangladesh, which before 1947 were parts of India. This book is a history of the Republic of India, including Pakistan and...
2.
Business, Race, and Politics in British India, C.1850-1960
Book by Maria Misra; Clarendon Press, 1999
Subjects: Great Britain--Commerce--India--History, India--Commerce--Great Britain--History, India--History--1947-, India--History--British Occupation, 1765-1947, India--Race Relations--Political Aspects--History
...Cambridge Economic History of India Cambridge, 1982...The Cambridge Economic History of India Cambridge, 1982...Jute Economy of Eastern India, 1900-1947 New Delhi...Company of Calcutta: A History Produced to Mark the...
3.
India since Independence: Talking it Over
Book by Robert Trumbal; Foreign Policy Association, 1954
Subjects: India--History--1947-
...SINCE INDEPENDENCE, by Robert Trumbull History moves at such a rapid pace today that before we have had time...only yesterday that Americans were urging Britain to give India its independence. Now that India is free and its British...
4.
Comrades at Odds: The United States and India, 1947-1964
Book by Andrew J. Rotter; Cornell University Press, 2000
Subjects: India--Foreign Public Opinion, American, India--Foreign Relations--United States, Public Opinion--India--History--20th Century, Public Opinion--United States--History--20th Century, United States--Foreign Public Opinion, East Indian, United States--Foreign Relations--India
...States-Foreign relations-India. 2. India-Foreign...opinion-United States-History-2oth century. 6...Kentucky-born ambassador to India John Sherman Cooper...dictation or taught history, some fundamental...knowledge of American history and institutions...the New York Times India correspondent Robert...
5.
The Origins of War in South Asia: The Indo-Pakistani Conflicts since 1947
Book by Šumit Ganguly; Westview Press, 1994
Subjects: India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949, India-Pakistan Conflict, 1965, India-Pakistan Conflict, 1971, India--History--1947
...1947-1949. 2. India-Pakistan Conflict...1971. 4. India History 1947. I. Title...above chronological history and striving for...three wars between India and Pakistan between...is to examine the history and policies of the...pre-independence India, the Muslim League...
More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

journal articles on: (India History) OR (India History 1947 )  - 7709 results

       More journal Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
Vision and Reality: Personal Reflections on the Church of South India, 1947-97
Journal article by Stanley J. Samartha; The Ecumenical Review, Vol. 49, 1997
Subjects: Church history--India, Church of South India--History, Ecumenical movement--India
...the Church of South India, by R.D. Paul (1958...them critically as history moves on to the 21st...life and witness in India because they have no roots in our history and culture. They...critical moment in the history of our country, when...pluralistic society of India, which is hardly...
2.
The Case of India
Journal article by T.N. Madan; Daedalus, Vol. 132, 2003
Subjects: India--History, India--Religious aspects, Nehru, Jawaharlal--Attitudes, Nehru, Jawaharlal--Political activity, Secularism--Political aspects
...without controversies about the implications of this choice. In India, by contrast, a more successful variant of secularism emerged...and his overall assessment of the role of religion in human history was negative. He considered the cultivation of scientific temper...
3.
Congress Decline and Party Pluralism in India
Journal article by Christopher Candland; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 51, 1997
Subjects: Bharatiya Janata Party (India)--Political activity, Gandhi, Mohandas K.--Political activity, India--History, Indian National Congress (India)--History, Political parties--India
...British government in India for administrative...independent Indias history. A coalition of 13...Prime Minister in India (Vancouver: University...Face of Parliament," India 7bday (15 July 1996...Critical Conceptual History (New York: Basil...
4.
"The Greater Part of My Life Has Been Spent in India": Autobiography and the Crisis of Empire in the Twentieth Century
Journal article by Mary A. Procida; Biography, Vol. 25, 2002
Subjects: Autobiographies--India, Colonies--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Imperialism--Social aspects, India--History
...bloody moments of history, clearly had a compelling...British experience in India is that even those...autobiographer leaves India. It is as if not...from women. For a history of womens experiences...Assistant Professor of History at Temple University...and Imperialism in India 1883-1947 was published...
5.
Concession & Repression: British Rule in India 1857-1919: Robert Carr Assesses the Nature of British Rule in India during a Key, Transitional Phase
Journal article by Robert Carr; History Review, 2005
Subjects: Colonialism--History, India--History, India--International relations, India--Political aspects, United Kingdom--Foreign policy
...policy is victim to politicians personal attitudes, ambitions and arrogance. Further Reading P. Spear, The Oxford History of Modern India 1740-1947 (OUP, 1965) Denis Judd, Empire: The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present (Fontana, 1996...
More journal Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

magazine articles on: (India History) OR (India History 1947 )  - 4969 results

       More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
After the Raj: The Last Stayers-On and the Legacy of British India
Magazine article by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones; History Today, Vol. 58, September 2008
Subjects: After the Raj: The Last Stayers-On and the Legacy of British India (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...Stayers-On and the Legacy of British India Hugh Purcell The History Press 214pp 20.00 pounds sterling ISBN 978 0 7509 4786 2 ILLUSTRATION OMITTED More than sixty years after the British left India there is still a handful of foreigners who chose to remain...
2.
India Partitioned as Raj Withdraws
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 47, August 1997
Subjects: Independence Day (India)--History, India--History, Pakistan--History, United Kingdom--Relations with India
...to the new nation citing a moment `which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends...aggression and above all freedom for the Asian subcontinent. India was the greatest dominion in the greatest of the European empires...
3.
Seeking an End to the Kashmir Quagmire: Can India and Pakistan Be Brought to the Table to Resolve the Conflict That Has Been Ongoing for More Than Half a Century?
Magazine article by Rathnam Indurthy; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 132, July 2003
Subjects: India-Pakistan War, 1971, India--History, India--Military policy, India--Political aspects, Indian history, Musharraf, Pervez--International relations, Nationalism--Growth, Pakistan--History, Pakistan--Military policy, Pakistan--Political aspects, Pakistani history, Security systems industry, Terrorism--Causes of
...their obsessively fostering a continued conflict in Kashmir. India is unlikely to achieve peace with Pakistan as long as the latters...Even then, to his dismay, for the first time in Pakistans history, an alliance of five fundamentalist Islamic parties, the Muttahida...
4.
India and the Buildings of the Raj
Magazine article by Alex Ninian; Contemporary Review, Vol. 281, November 2002
Subjects: Architecture, Colonial, Historic buildings, India--Buildings, facilities, etc., India--History
...restoration. It created conservation history. The Times of India said that it was the first time...credit on their acceptance of history and on their pragmatic, if self-serving...Homage Trust. Raising money in India and abroad, the CCT s main aim...
5.
India's Missing Historians: Mihir Bose Discusses the Paradox That India, a Land of History, Has a Surprisingly Weak Tradition of Historiography
Magazine article by Mihir Bose; History Today, Vol. 57, September 2007
Subjects: Historians--Evaluation, Historians--Records and correspondence, India--History, India--Social aspects, Indian history--Evaluation, Indian history--Portrayals
...not even been keen to tell the story of the India that has emerged since 1947. A rare example of excellent narrative history is India After Gandhi (2007) by Ramachandra Guha. He complains he has had to struggle because there are no biographies of many...
More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

newspaper articles on: (India History) OR (India History 1947 )  - 4291 results

       More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
ANALYSIS: How India Swapped One Dependance for Another; It Might Be Celebrating 60 Years of Independence This Week but India Continues to Deny Its Own Rich History and Heritage, Says Former Birmingham Poet Laureate Roshan Doug
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 14, 2007
Subjects: Poets--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...their own family history may be deluding themselves...desperation. He had left India only a few years...matter who ruled India: the players might...point is that todays India, despite its independence...ignore - its own rich history and heritage and...
2.
Shaking Loose the Shackles of India; Gone Native: Lady Mountbatten with Nehru, Centre, in New Delhi in August 1947
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 25, 2007
...Britain couldnt wait to be rid of India, theheaviest jewel in a weighty...material like this is a bonus in a history of the complex eventssurrounding...days tocarve out of the new India a potentially unworkable Muslim...had no precedent inthe Empires history. Von Tunzel- mann quotes Stalins...
3.
Climate of Mutual Suspicion in India, Pakistan Spans 50 Years
Newspaper article by Martin Sieff; The Washington Times, May 29, 1998
Subjects: India, Pakistan
...through its partition between Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan at breakneck speed...rapid population transfer in recorded history. "Before partition, millions of...first war after the partition in 1947, India and Pakistan fought an undeclared...
4.
India-Pakistan Conflict Grows from Roots Deep in History
Newspaper article by Ben Barber; The Washington Times, May 18, 1998
Subjects: India, Pakistan
India-Pakistan conflict grows from roots deep in history. by Ben Barber The roots of the Indian nuclear...the blast site is the only official land crossing between India and Pakistan, linking more than 1 billion people in the two...
5.
Passages to, and from, India
Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, November 1, 1998
Subjects: India
...it publicly; and he got his best known novel, "A Passage to India," out of his six-months trip. Mr. Naipaul, after numerous...the author with a less one-sided, less negative view of the history than one gets from the postcolonial studies scholars, and for...
More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

encyclopedia articles on: (India History) OR (India History 1947 )  - 244 results

       More encyclopedia Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...3d ed. 1985); R. F. Nyrop, ed., India: A Country Study (4th ed. 1986); G. Johnson et al., ed., The New Cambridge History of India (1987 ); S. Muthiah, ed., A Social and Economic Atlas to India (1987); A. Singh, The Origins of the Partition...
2.
Oudh , Historic Region, India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OUDH , historic region, India oud, historic region of N central India, now part of the state of Uttar Pradesh. Its early history centers around the ancient kingdom of Kosala, which had Ayodhya (formerly Oudh) as its...
3.
French India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FRENCH INDIA former overseas territory of France in India, composed of the coastal enclaves of Pondichery (now Puducherry...were administered from the capital at Pondichery. For the later history of the territory, see Puducherry...
4.
History
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Mitsukuni (1628 1701) started to compile a history of Japan modeled on the Chinese dynastic...the Kojiki was completed in 1798. India Surviving Indian records date from...Puranas. However, the writing of history was not highly developed in India; the principal products were the artha...information about India. Arab works on India, notably that of Alberuni of Khiva...Craft (tr. 1964); F. Rosenthal, A History of Muslim Historiography (2d ed. 1968...
5.
Kashmir
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the president of India. History In the late 14th cent...predominantly Muslim region. When India was partitioned in 1947...Kashmir under the dominion of India; the region was given semiautonomy...region was divided between India and Pakistan along the cease-fire...
More encyclopedia Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
© 2009 - Questia Media America, Inc. All rights reserved. All service marks and trademarks are property of Questia Media and its affiliates. Any advertising or navigational links included on this site are not necessarily endorsed by the publishers or content providers whose materials appear on this site.