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An Indian State has been officially defined as any State in India under the protection or political control of the British Crown or of which the Government has acknowledged its supremacy. Whereas no such state existed in India in 1774, by 1858 all the States of India had come to occupy the position defined above. The present work examines how this great transformation was brought about and outlines the essential features of British Policy towards the States ...
With an introduction by Claude Alvares and Teotonio D'Souza. When first issued in the late 50's Pannikar's book raised a storm. It was the first book written by an India historian that refused to look at world history through European eyes.