14
Princely States and Royalist Relationships
Lecture no. 14 from the course: A History of British India
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Taught by Professor Hayden J. Bellenoit | 30 min
India's princely states played a crucial role in maintaining British power. Examine the history of the princely kingdoms, and why they remained separate from British-controlled territory. Follow how the British cultivated ties of loyalty with Indian princes and exerted “indirect rule.” Explore the contradiction of a modernizing British Raj that supported feudal princes....
24 Lectures
1
Introduction to India
0
of 33 min
2
The Mughal Empire in 18th-Century India
0
of 33 min
3
Indian and British Economic Interests
0
of 32 min
4
British Expansion in India (1757-1820)
0
of 29 min
5
Knowing the Country: British Orientalism
0
of 31 min
6
Race, Gender, and Culture (1750-1850)
0
of 31 min
7
The Age of Reform (1830-1850)
0
of 30 min
8
The Great Uprising (1857-1858)
0
of 28 min
9
Economics and Society under the Raj
0
of 30 min
10
Caste and Tribal Identity under Colonialism
0
of 29 min
11
The Nationalization of Hinduism (1870-1900)
0
of 32 min
12
Indian Muslim Identity and Colonial Rule
0
of 31 min
13
The Late-19th-Century British Raj
0
of 30 min
14
Princely States and Royalist Relationships
0
of 30 min
15
Indian Nationalism and the Freedom Struggle
0
of 32 min
16
The Great War and Its Impact on India
0
of 30 min
17
Gandhi's Moral-Political Philosophy
0
of 30 min
18
The Noncooperation Movement
0
of 32 min
19
Indian Muslim Politics between the Wars
0
of 30 min
20
The Civil Disobedience Campaign
0
of 33 min
21
Britain and Its Empire in the 1940s
0
of 31 min
22
The Raj on Its Knees (1945-1947)
0
of 30 min
23
A Split India: Negotiating Independence
0
of 31 min
24
Reflections on Postcolonial India
0
of 31 min
