Conquering the Maharajas: India's Princely States and the End of Empire, 1930-50

Conquering the maharajas demonstrates that the political and military clashes between the Indian and Pakistani governments and the princely states, a legacy of the layered sovereignty of British indirect rule in India, was a product of the competing ideas of state sovereignty leading up to and following the transfer of power in 1947.

ISBN-13: 9781526167859

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Publication Date: 06-06-2023

Pages: 304

Product Dimensions: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d

Series: Studies in Imperialism #211

Harrison Akins is a political scientist and writer based in Washington, DC