The Last Days of the Raj

by TrevorRoyle (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1989

  $5.10

  On 15th August 1947, India set herself free from 200 years of British rule. In the two years before independence 200,000 Indians lost their lives while the British civil servants, soldiers, businessmen, memsahibs, missionaries and planters, many of whose families had lived in India for a 100 years, prepared to leave for an England they had never known or to cope with the new post-empire India.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $4.37

  India's declaration of independance on 15 August 1947 was a momentous occasion. For the British, who had ruled there for over 200 years, it was the start of a process to discard its world empire. This text explores, through the voices and memories of both the British and Indians, the drama and tensions of the years leading up to, and following, Independance. The text combines historical narrative with these interviews and presents a social history and an insight into a significant period in British history.