TY - BOOK AU - Hunter, William Wilson TI - A history of British India: To the overthrow of the english in the spice archipelago, volume-1 and volume-2 SN - 9789355281159 U1 - 954.03 23 PY - 2022/// CY - New Delhi PB - Maxwell press KW - British Raj KW - East India Company KW - Colonial India KW - Anglo-Indian history KW - British imperialism N1 - A history of British India: volume-1; A history of British India: volume-2 N2 - This work provides a comprehensive history of British involvement in India, tracing the development of British power from the arrival of the East India Company through the 18th and 19th centuries. It addresses: Political, military, and administrative developments, Relations between the British and Indian princely states, The evolution of British policy and governance, The socio-economic impact on Indian society. Hunter, a former Director-General of Statistics in India and a seasoned historian, intended this work as a national history textbook, and it reflects the Victorian imperial perspective prevalent at the time ER -