A book that is narrative-driven, but full of outstanding scholarship and insight. Subtitled 'The Making and Unmaking of British India' - how the British Raj shaped the Indian sub-continent as it is today.
In less that one hundred years, the British made themselves the masters of India. They ruled for another hundred, leaving behind the independent nations of India and Pakistan when they finally withdrew in 1947. Both nations would owe much to the British Raj: under its rule,...