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The Birth of Indian Liberalism: Mama Parmanand's Letters to an Indian Raja

The Birth of Indian Liberalism: Mama Parmanand's Letters to an Indian Raja

Sagar, Rahul

Hardcover

General Political ScienceIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1526190753
ISBN13: 9781526190758
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Jul 14 2026
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The first work of political theory published in modern India, Letters to an Indian Raja (1891) counseled Maharajas to foster liberal values and adopt constitutional government. Such reform would, it argued, make Indians freer and happier than they were under colonial rule, and thus allow the Native States to genuinely challenge the British. Accompanied by an extensive introductory essay by Rahul Sagar, a leading scholar of nineteenth century India, this carefully restored edition challenges the notion that Indian liberals merely borrowed their ideas from Britain and were eager to collaborate with the British Raj. On the contrary, it shows that India's pioneering liberals sought to make the Native States less vulnerable to both domineering Britons and despotic Maharajas.

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