Conquering the Maharajas

India’S Princely States and the End of Empire, 1930–50

(Author) Harrison Akins
Format: Hardcover
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Conquering the maharajas demonstrates that the political and military clashes between the Indian and Pakistani governments and the princely states, a legacy of the layered sovereignty of British indirect rule in India, was a product of the competing ideas of state sovereignty leading up to and following the transfer of power in 1947.

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Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Format:
Hardcover
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9781526167859
Publish year:
2023
Publish date:
June 6, 2023

Harrison Akins

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