Last Children of the Raj - Vols I+II (gnv64) torrent

Last Children of the Raj: Volume I / Volume II
by Laurence Fleming and Sir Mark Tully
Radcliffe Press | October 2004 | ISBN-10: 1860648711/ISBN-10: 186064872X | 256/256 pages | PDF | 6.15/6.15 mb
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Children-Raj-Laurence-Fleming/dp/1860648711

Here is a unique entry-point into British and Indian social and cultural history in the last and momentous period in the history of the Raj. It is a vivid collection of individual memories of children born between 1914 and 1940 and who spent their childhood and adolescence in British India or the Princely States. It includes details of the roots in India, family connections, friendships with other British and Indian children, journeys, adventures, questions of color and race, and impressions of the Raj. The Second World War forms a natural break--war-time India, Independence and Partition, and the postwar return--how did they feel about the new India, and what had India given them and what did they give to India?

About the Author
Laurence Fleming is one of the last children of the Raj with strong family connections and has edited and contributed to this collection.

CONTENTS of VOL.1
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii
Introduction: The British Raj, by Mark Tully . . . . . . . . . . .ix
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xv
1 Madras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
2 Southern Princely States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
3 Bombay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
4 North West Frontier Province and Baluchistan . . . . . . . .116
5 Kashmir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
6 The Punjab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
7 The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh . . . . . . . . . . . .182
8 The Central Provinces and Bihar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
9 Bengal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
10 Assam and Burma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Appendix of Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
CONTENTS of VOL.2
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii
Introduction: ‘We Few, We Happy Few…’, by Mark Tully . . .ix
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiii
1 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
2 1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
3 1941 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
4 1942 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
5 1943 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
6 1944 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
7 1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
8 1946 and After . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Appendix of Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335