British rule in India was essentially unplanned and unintended, yet
its consequences were enormous. Without it, Britain would never
have become a great power and India would never have developed a
national identity. As a result of it, India acquired railways,
roads, schools and hospitals 100 years ahead of anywhere else in
Asia. However, the Raj rested on deeply precarious foundations and
depended ultimately on the goodwill and active collaboration of
millions of Indians for its survival. The withdrawal of that
goodwill, which gathered momentum after World War I, made the
collapse of British power inevitable - though few would have
predicted the tragic and chaotic nature of its end in 1946/47. The
epic scale and impact of the Raj are brilliantly caught by James in
a book of enormous range, sweep and compelling narrative power.
(Kirkus UK)
This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred, departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India and Pakistan. British rule taught Indians to see themselves as Indians and its benefits included railways, hospitals, law and a universal language. But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, was always precarious. Its masters knew that it rested ultimately on the goodwill of Indians. This is a new look at a subject rich in incident and character; the India of the Raj was that of Clive, Kipling, Curzon and Gandhi and a host of lesser known others. RAJ will provoke debate, for it sheds new light on Mountbatten and the events of 1946-47 which ended an exercise in benign autocracy and an experiment in altruism.
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