Rise of the Christian Power in India

Author: B D BasuPublisher: LP PublicationsYear: 2001Language: EnglishPages: 1011ISBN/UPC (if available): 817536243X DescriptionA monumental study in two volumes bound in one, this book attempts to reconstruct the history of British rule under the East India Company till the proclamation of Queen Victoria.Lamenting that unfortunately, India does not possess a reliable history of her past , the author says that a good historian should consult authors who have spoken of events, the archives in which unpublished documents are found, newspapers, private letters, memoirs and even tradition. He had to gather probabilities from every source and then compare these probabilities, and weigh and discuss them before deciding. During the British period of her existence, India has not produced any one who would take the trouble of writing a true history of her past and present. To expect a true and reliable history of India from the natives of England is almost an impossibility. The histories of