Thoughts On the Policy of the Crown Towards India [Hardcover]

The year 1857 was a Turning Point in the History of British India. In this year the Sepoy Mutiny broke out, which, though suppressed by force by the then Government of the East India Company, riveted the attention of all educated Englishmen on India. Statesmen, Parliamentarians and people concerned with the welfare of the British nation went deep into the causes of the Mutiny and analysed its immediate and far-reaching impacts on the Military Strength and Financial resources of England. The causes of the disaster were not far to seek. The general maladministration of the Company, their annexation policy, interference with the age-old practice of succession by adoption among the Indian princes, fear of the Indian people both the Hindus and the Musalmans - that the Government, with the help of the Christian missionaries, are trying to convert the whole nation into Christianity, Discrimination of the natives from the Englishmen in Civil and military services as well as in the administration of justice, etc. became known as the causes behind the Mutiny. The future of the Indian Empire appeared to be grim to all right thinking persons in England. As a result of this retrospection and debate at home, the British Government of Queen Victoria decided to act to the right direction. Then came the Queen's Proclamation, the India Bill was passed by the British Parliament, the time-honoured administration of the East India Company swept away, the Government of India was transferred to the Crown, and a reponsible Ministry for India established. The Queen's Proclamation was welcomed both in England and in India. It promised redress to all the above mentioned grievances and to establish an impartial clean Government for the Indians. The present work, written by a contemporary British thinker, is an interpretative Study of the Queen's proclamation and the post-mutiny policy of the Crown towards India. It takes up the Proclamation, section by section, and analyses the various promises contained therein. To make the subject properly understandable, the author has described the conditions existing prior to the Mutiny and the grievances of the people on various accounts, in great details. The work is a record of the State of affirs before and after the Reforms and an interpretation of the Policies of the British Government towards India. The work has been reprinted from the 1859 Edition in view of its importance as source Material for the study of the evolution of British Raj in India. Contents:-The Proclamation of the Queen's Sovereignty Over India Letter 1. INTRODUCTORY - The Proclamation and its Promises PART I. PROMISES OF THE PROCLAMATION TO THE PRINCES OF India : Letter 2. The Annexation Policy henceforth given up Letter 3. The Annexation Policy in its hearings upon the Rebellion Letter 4. Invidiousness of late Annexations; expediency of Restoration Letter 5. The Pledge of Respect to Treaties in its Bearings upon late Acts of Annexation : Sec. I. Annexations by alleged right of escheat Sec. II. The Cessions from the Nizam Sec. III. The Annexation of Oude Letter 6. The Pledge of Respect to the Rights of Native Princes, in its bearing upon Adoption Letter 7. How Successions by Adoption were respected till 1841 Letter 8. How the Right of Adoption was invaded, 1841-8 Letter 9. How the Annexation Policy dealt with the Right of Adoption Letter 10. How the Annexation Policy dealt with Rights of Succession by Blood or Marriage Letter 11. A Sample of the details of Annexation : - Nagpore Letter 12. What the Natives have said of late Annexations Letter 13. Guarantees of the Non-annexation Policy required for the Future Letter 14. How some of our Allies have been lately treated PART II. THE PLEDGES OF THE PROCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIA : Letter 15. The Pledge of Religious and Civil Impartiality and Equality Letter 16. The Pledge of Respect to Native Property and Usages; a Glance into the Past Letter 17. The North-West Revenue Settlement and the Talookdars Letter 18. The Effect of the Sale-Laws Letter 19. The Resumption Laws and the Inam Commission Letter 20. The Inam Commission and the Government Practice as to Adoption and Alienation Letter 21. Government Purchases of Land Letter 22. Decay of the Wealthy and Respectable Classes Letter 23. The Land Revenue Letter 24. How the Pledge of Respect to Native Property is to be carried out Letter 24. The Amnesty and the Disarming Orders Letter. 25. The Pledge of Internal Improvements The Title 'Thoughts On the Policy of the Crown Towards India written/authored/edited by John M. Ludlow', published in the year 1986. The ISBN 9788121200202 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 382 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History / Archaeology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-