A Concise History of Modern India Cambridge Concise Histories

C O N T E N T S
List of illustrations page vii
Preface to the second edition xiii
Preface to the first edition xv
Glossary xxi
Chronology xxvi
1 Sultans, Mughals, and pre-colonial Indian society 1
2 Mughal twilight: the emergence of regional states and the
East India Company 29
3 The East India Company Raj, 1772 – 1850 56
4 Revolt, the modern state, and colonized subjects,
1848 – 1885 92
5 Civil society, colonial constraints, 1885 – 1919 123
6 The crisis of the colonial order, 1919 – 1939 167
7 The 1940 s: triumph and tragedy 203
8 Congress Raj: democracy and development, 1950 – 1989 231
9 Democratic India in the nineties: coalitions, class,
community, consumers, and conflict 265
Epilogue: a new century begins 296
Biographical notes 305
Bibliographic essay 310
Index 322

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