Download or read book Indo French Relations written by K. S. Mathew and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Portuguese, The Dutch, The English And The Danes Came To India Primarily For Trade And Commerce. Thogh The French Initially Showed Some Interest In Oriental Trade And Tried To Challenge The Portuguese Claims Based On Papal Bulls, They Could Not Continue To Insist On Their Rights On Account Of Their Involvement In Problems At Home. Moreover, They Found Better Avenues Fore Trade In The Western Hemisphere, That Is, Canada. Indo-French Contacts Began To Be Established Initially Through Overseas Trade In The Second Half Of The Seventeenth Century With Imports Of Precious Metals Into India By The French East India Company And Through Exports Of Spices And Textiles From India To France. In Due Course, These Relations Began To Be Diversified And Came To Cover Local Politics, Society, Defence, Diplomacy And Culture. The Present Work Highlights Some Of The Aspects Of These Interactions.

Download or read book Reminiscences the French in India written by and published by Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage. This book was released on 1997 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations: 130 colour and 28 b/w illustrations and 2 maps Description: The influence of French culture in India has been studied for many years. It has long been acknowledged that the French presence in India has had a major impact on the culture of the regions where they settled as well as elsewhere in the country, in less known and more subtle aspects. This book provides select examples where cross-cultural influences have endured. The trajectory of India's history was frequently determined by centres of trade that affected the political scenario of the time and resulted in military initiatives necessary to consolidate power bases. French military influence, however, was not restricted merely to securing French trading posts. It extended from bringing European military techniques to the construction of fortifications in Indian independent states thus changing the vocabulary of warfare in India. More importantly, the French settlements in the country still retain the architectural essence of the 17th century and the cross-cultural influences of the time are still clearly evident. In the 50th year of India's Independence, we celebrate the adaptation and assimilation of global cultures over the centuries. Contents Foreword H.E. the Ambassador of France in India, Claude blanchemaison List of Illustrations Preface/Amita Baig I. Politics and Architecture in the French Settlements/Jean-Marie Lafont II. French Military Influence in India/Gubir Mansingh III. Essays on Indo-French Architecture and Urbanism i. French Settlements in India/Kulbhushan Jain ii. City Planning and Architecture in Pondicherry/Piere Pichard iii. Colonial Urbanism : A Cross-cultural Perspective on Pondicherry/K.T. Ravindran Contributors

Download or read book French Military Influence in India written by Gurbir Mansingh and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collapse of the Mughal Empire, following the death of Aurangzeb in1707, led to a number of powers competing for the power vacuum created. Prominent among these were the English and the French. The advent of European military power into India was to have a major impact on military science in India, hitherto seriously lagging behind Europe. The contribution of the French particularly was significant in the training of Indian Cepayee units in the European fashion, gunnery drills, fortifications and basic infantry tactics. Even after the eclipse of French political power by the English, French military influence continued in the states through some brilliant and colourful French mercenaries. DeBoigne with the Sindhias and Allard with Ranjit Singh are only a couple of those whose life and career are sketched vividly, contributing to an understanding of an aspect of Indian military history little known even in Indian military circles.

Download or read book Indo French Relations written by B. Krishnamurthy and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Makes An Earnest Effort To Study The Indofrench Relations In The Context Of The Perceived Role Of Both The Countries In The International Politics, During The Course Of The Cold As Well As The Postcold War Era. France'S Relationship With India

Download or read book Indika written by Jean Marie Lafont and published by Manohar Publishers and Distributors. This book was released on 2000 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Comprises Several Specialised Studies Written Between 1977 And 1997 Most Of Which Have Been Published In French. Apart From The General Introduction The Subjects Addressed Are: French Presence In The Kingdom Of Punjab: French Search For Manuscripts In The 18Th Century Paintings, French Patronage Of A School Of Painting In The Punjab: The Numismatic Collection Of General Court, Indian Influence On Albert Camus And Andre Malraux In Gandhara. Some Papers Study Those French Who Took Up Service With The Native Status E.G. With Hyder Ali And Tipu Sultan In Mysore With Madhoji Scindia In The Doab And Ranjit Singh In Punjab. One Paper Adds The Biography Of Bannou Pan Dei Of Chamba As An Example Of Franco-Indian Family And One Finally Deals With Commerce Of Punjab And Kashmir In 1832.

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Download or read book White Mughals written by William Dalrymple and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-04-27 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Mughals is the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that crossed and transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad when in 1798 he glimpsed Kahir un-Nissa—'Most excellent among Women'—the great-niece of the Nizam's Prime Minister and a descendant of the Prophet. Kirkpatrick had gone out to India as an ambitious soldier in the army of the East India Company, eager to make his name in the conquest and subjection of the subcontinent. Instead, he fell in love with Khair and overcame many obstacles to marry her—not least of which was the fact that she was locked away in purdah and engaged to a local nobleman. Eventually, while remaining Resident, Kirkpatrick converted to Islam, and according to Indian sources even became a double-agent working for the Hyderabadis against the East India Company. It is a remarkable story, involving secret assignations, court intrigue, harem politics, religious and family disputes. But such things were not unknown; from the early sixteenth century, when the Inquisition banned the Portuguese in Goa from wearing the dhoti, to the eve of the Indian mutiny, the 'white Mughals' who wore local dress and adopted Indian ways were a source of embarrassments to successive colonial administrations. William Dalrymple unearths such colourful figures as 'Hindoo Stuart', who travelled with his own team of Brahmins to maintain his temple of idols, and who spent many years trying to persuade the memsahibs of Calcutta to adopt the sari; and Sir David Ochterlony, Kirkpatrick's counterpart in Delhi, who took all thirteen of his wives out for evening promenades, each on the back of their own elephant. In White Mughals, William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history, and places at its centre a compelling tale of love, seduction and betrayal. It possesses all the sweep and resonance of a great nineteenth-century novel, set against a background of shifting alliances and the manoeuvring of the great powers, the mercantile ambitions of the British and the imperial dreams of Napoleon. White Mughals, the product of five years' writing and research, triumphantly confirms Dalrymple's reputation as one of the finest writers at work today.

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Download or read book White Mughals written by Upendrakishore Roychoudhury and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Achilles Kirkpatrick Landed On The Shores Of Eighteenth-Century India As An Ambitious Soldier Of The East India Company. Although Eager To Make His Name In The Subjection Of A Nation, It Was He Who Was Conquered Not By An Army But By A Muslim Indian Princess. Kirkpatrick Was The British Resident At The Court Of The Nizam Of Hyderabad When In 1798 He Glimpsed Khair Un-Nissa Most Excellent Among Women' The Great-Niece Of The Nizam'S Prime Minister. He Fell In Love With Khair, And Overcame Many Obstacles To Marry Her Not Least Of Which Was The Fact That She Was Locked Away In Purdah And Engaged To A Local Nobleman. Eventually, While Remaining Resident, Kirkpatrick Converted To Islam, And According To Indian Sources Even Became A Double-Agent Working For The Hyderabadis Against The East India Company. Possessing All The Sweep Of A Great Nineteenth-Century Novel, White Mughals Is A Remarkable Tale Of Harem Politics, Secret Assignations, Court Intrigue, Religious Disputes And Espionage.

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Download or read book The Anarchy written by William Dalrymple and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the Cundill History Prize ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR “Superb ... A vivid and richly detailed story ... worth reading by everyone.” -The New York Times Book Review From the bestselling author of Return of a King, the story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the corporation running a country. In August 1765, the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and set up, in his place, a government run by English traders who collected taxes through means of a private army. The creation of this new government marked the moment that the East India Company ceased to be a conventional company and became something much more unusual: an international corporation transformed into an aggressive colonial power. Over the course of the next 47 years, the company's reach grew until almost all of India south of Delhi was effectively ruled from a boardroom in the city of London. The Anarchy tells one of history's most remarkable stories: how the Mughal Empire-which dominated world trade and manufacturing and possessed almost unlimited resources-fell apart and was replaced by a multinational corporation based thousands of miles overseas, and answerable to shareholders, most of whom had never even seen India and no idea about the country whose wealth was providing their dividends. Using previously untapped sources, Dalrymple tells the story of the East India Company as it has never been told before and provides a portrait of the devastating results from the abuse of corporate power. Bronze Medal in the 2020 Arthur Ross Book Award

Download or read book The Revolution and the French Establishments in India 1790 1793 written by Arghya Bose and published by Setu Prakashani. This book was released on 2019 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When, on February 22, 1790, a French barge by the name of ‘Bienvenue’ came ashore Pondichéry with the news of the events in Paris around the meeting of the Estates General, the storming of the Bastille and the abolition of feudal rights; it sent out a wave of topsy-turving repercussions amongst both the French and the English colonial administrations in India. Excited with the newly found principles that were inherent in the cries of the Revolution in France, yet, not knowing their precise socio-political extents and implications, each of the five French settlements on the Indian subcontinent came to create their own individual ‘revolutions’ – periods of mostly confusing and sometimes violent socio-political upheaval. Wellesley, on the other hand, fearing the influence of the principles of the French Revolution on the employees of the English East India Company, asked his superiors in London for the establishment of a college in Fort William in order to train men in the service of the Company against such ‘erroneous principles’. How do these revolutions in each of the French settlements in India – in some ways, mirror events of the 1789 Revolution in the metropolis – unfold? Where, exactly, did the universalist values of the Revolution find its boundaries when applied in contemporaneous colonial India? And how were the diametrically opposite values of imperial and republican France sought to be accommodated in such a context? Labernadie’s intricately detailed narrative from 1930 developed out of a privileged access to the French colonial administrative (yet unpublished) archives and correspondences based in Pondichéry, along with the contemporary interventions of Jacques Weber and Hari Shankar Vasudevan ensure a volume that is not only rich in material resources, but also intellectually nourishing; compelling its readers to reflect on questions of transcolonial experiences and mixed modernities in colonial India, as much as the very consequences of a revolution that fundamentally changed the manner in which politics came to be thought of thence.