You’re reading my newsletter, Terra Nullius, on the weird and interesting intricacies of the countries and places that make up our world. It currently goes out to over 1,000 people every week. You can subscribe here: The tired trope of India that somehow still persists for those abroad is that of an exotic land filled with snake charmers, elephants and maharajas. The fact that India is now one of the world’s largest economies and a centre of tech innovation seems to have passed many people by.
Very interesting article. Reminds me of Paul Scott’s novels about partition. The issue of the princely state at partition integral to the plot of the last of the quartet
A factual error in an otherwise fine article. It is true that Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu & Kashmir did not accede to India on August 47 (at the time of partition of India). However, he signed the formal letter of accession to India in October that year, when the new state of Pakistan tried to annex J&K by force.
Just a quick correction, the Mughal kings were not a foreign empire like the British empire, but a fully integrated part of the Indian society they ruled over for almost 800 years. Like the British, they were initially invaders, but unlike the British empire on which the sun finally set one dominion at a time, the Mughals became part and parcel of the Indian society they integrated with
Very interesting article. Reminds me of Paul Scott’s novels about partition. The issue of the princely state at partition integral to the plot of the last of the quartet
A factual error in an otherwise fine article. It is true that Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu & Kashmir did not accede to India on August 47 (at the time of partition of India). However, he signed the formal letter of accession to India in October that year, when the new state of Pakistan tried to annex J&K by force.
Just a quick correction, the Mughal kings were not a foreign empire like the British empire, but a fully integrated part of the Indian society they ruled over for almost 800 years. Like the British, they were initially invaders, but unlike the British empire on which the sun finally set one dominion at a time, the Mughals became part and parcel of the Indian society they integrated with