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India under Curzon & After

1912

The greetings of the multitude set the final seal upon the validity of the To me the gathering further British Empire in the East. [...] Against time flaws may be set the marvellous success of the ceremony at the garden-party when the King-Emperor and QueeEmpress robed and crowned showed themselves to the people front the walls of the Fort. [...] The minor boons the decision to confer the Victoria Cross upon Indian soldiers the grants of land the extra pay to the services the relief given to small debtors in prison and similar marks of the Imperial generosity du not call for dicussion. [...] So.far has the contempt for the authority of the Legislature been carried that a Governor was appointed to the new province of Bengal before the Bill embodying the necessary legislation in connection with the change was submitted to the I Louse of Commons for approval. [...] In 1897 thc Wictitis rose and the Toehi %talky was occupied by a British force Then followed the attack of the Swat tribes upon the 11Waken'' the ;aid of the Mohmands upon villages near Peshawar and the se;zurt of the Khyber Pass the Afridis.
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Pages
531
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.144352
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-xxxiv Lovat Fraser view
I. A General Survey
1-38 Lovat Fraser view
II. The North-West Frontier
39-77 Lovat Fraser view
III. Persia and Tibet
78-146 Lovat Fraser view
IV. The Land and the People
147-174 Lovat Fraser view
V. The Fight for Educational Reform
175-200 Lovat Fraser view
VI. The Princes and the Native States
201-241 Lovat Fraser view
VII. The Overhauling of Machinery
242-262 Lovat Fraser view
VIII. Plague and Famine
263-304 Lovat Fraser view
IX. Commerce and Industry
305-338 Lovat Fraser view
X. Fiscal and Miscellaneous
339-364 Lovat Fraser view
XI. The Two Bengals
365-396 Lovat Fraser view
XII. Army Reform and Lord Kitchener
397-453 Lovat Fraser view
XIII. Unrest and Kindred Question
454-478 Lovat Fraser view
XIV. Conclusion
479-491 Lovat Fraser view
Index
492-496 Lovat Fraser view
Backmatter
i-i Lovat Fraser view

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