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100 _aKincaid, Dennis
245 _aBritish social life in India /
_cby Dennis Kincaid
260 _aDaryagang New Delhi:
_bRupa Publications India,
_c2015.
300 _a401p.;
_c20cm.
505 _aPreface Prologue 1. Surat 2. Bombay 3. Madraspatam 4. Calcutta 5. Bombay 6. The Mofussil 7. After the Mutiny 8. Simla 9. Poona-Bombay-Mahableshwar 10. The Great War 11. Karachi-Sind 12. Calcutta-New Delhi-Lahore
520 _afirst published in 1938, British social life in India, 16081937 is an account of the lifestyles of the British in colonial India from the east India company days to just before the outbreak of the second world war. considered one of the closest portrayals of the day today functioning of the British community in India their sports and amusements, their domestic arrangements, their relations with the native population it is also a circumstantial account of the way India evolved under the raj. and, as colonial India retreats further and further into the depths of time, despite leaving its indelible marks on Indian life through the Indian railways, hill stations, postal system, architecture and the English language itself, this book takes you back to the era when it all started.
650 _aBritish India
650 _aIndia History British occupation, 1765-1947
650 _aIndia Social life and customs
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