India under Colonial Rule, 1752-1933

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"India under Colonial Rule, 1752-1933" comprises 6 diverse primary source collections which detail the political, economic, and spiritual realities of British colonial rule in India. The featured collections include records from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, from the establishment of the East India Company and the India Act to the emergence of Gandhi and the independence movement. Drawn from a diverse range of sources, the materials show the Raj through the eyes of commercial, military, and bureaucratic elites, as well as missionaries, labourers, and Indians themselves. 

This series therefore provides students and researchers with a nuanced synopsis of British colonialism in India and India’s role in shaping modern Britain. The following primary source collections are included in the trial:

• The British Raj: Resistance and Reform in India, 1879–1920
• The East India Company: Corrupt Governance and Cruelty in India, 1806-1814
• The East India Company: Laying the Foundations for British Colonial Domination of India, 1752-1774
• Indian and Sri Lankan Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1770-1931

• Indian Communists and Trade Unionists on Trial: The Meerut Conspiracy, 1929-1933

• World News in Indian Newspapers, 1782-1908