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French in India and Indian Nationalism (1700 A.D. - 1963 A.D.): (In 2 Vols.)

 
K.S. Mathew (Editor)
Synopsis Several European powers played an important role in the "amazing" transformation of India from the status of the coveted country to the category of the so-called "third world" or developing country. This was effected through the process of colonial or imperial interactions lasting for a couple of centuries. Countless adventurers, fortune-seekers and men of arms lost their life in their astute attempts to obtain a share of the golden goose of India, definitely not for the sake of civilising India or for sharing the burden of the country. The Portuguese who opened up India and the whole of east to the west European powers were followed by the Dutch, the English, the Danes, the Ostenders and the French. In the bid for building up an empire, the French faced the invincible power of the English and were tolerated to hold on to a couple of enclaves on the eastern and western coasts of India. The British who won in this race for empire building compelled to withdraw from the Indian subcontinent on the face of unarmed and non-violent opposition of the Indian nationalists. Yet, the Portuguese, the first to come to India, and the French, the last to reach the subcontinent continued to linger on in India even after the disappearance of other European powers. At last in the early sixties of the twentieth century they left India under different circumstances. The enlightened visionary in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, despite his genuine nationalist sentiments, resolved to keep a window open to the French and offered domicile in India to all those French nationals who wanted to stay here. Thus, at the moment there are over 8,000 French citizens in India enjoying the rare privilege of electing their representative for the democratic institutions in French and having their own cultural and academic institutions in India. This milieu of peculiar nature deserves special attention of the academicians and requires detailed study in the wake of nation-wide celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Indian independence.
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About the author

K.S. Mathew

Dr. K. S. Mathew (born 1939) is currently Professor of History in the Central University of Hyderabad. Earlier he was a Reader in the Department of History, M.S. University of Baroda. After obtaining his Master’s Degree in History, from the Poona University, he did his M. Phil and Ph.D. in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. As a Fellow of the International Services of the gulbenkian Fcoundation, Protugal he conducted researches in various archives in Europe for three years. He has contributed research papers to various journals and participated in several national and international seminars and conferences. He has to his credit two books in Malayalam and three in English. He specialized in the history of Indo-Portuguese trade of the sixteenth century.

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Title French in India and Indian Nationalism (1700 A.D. - 1963 A.D.): (In 2 Vols.)
Author K.S. Mathew
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.1999
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 8176460532
length xiii+656p.
Subjects History