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Servants of the Empire - The Irish in Punjab 1881-1921 (Hardcover)
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Servants of the Empire - The Irish in Punjab 1881-1921 (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Imperialism
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Punjab, 'the pride of British India', attracted the cream of the
Indian Civil Service, many of the most influential of whom were
Irish. Some of these men, along with Irish viceroys, were inspired
by their Irish backgrounds to ensure security of tenure for the
Punjabi peasant, besides developing vast irrigation schemes which
resulted in the province becoming India's most affluent. But
similar inspiration contributed to the severity of measures taken
against Indian nationalist dissent, culminating in the Amritsar
massacre which so catastrophically transformed politics on the
sub-continent. Setting the experiences of Irish public servants in
Punjab in the context of the Irish diaspora and of linked agrarian
problems in Ireland and India, this book descrides the beneficial
effects the Irish had on the prosperity of India's most volatile
province. Alongside the baleful contribution of some towards a
growing Indian antipathy towards British rule. Links are
established between policies pursued by Irishmen of the Victorian
era and current happenings on the Pakistan-Afghan border and in
Punjab. -- .
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