Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials on Britain’s diplomatic policies and imperial interests in Burma, Arabia and East Africa. The file contains confidential memoranda and correspondence relating to the Italian occupation of Assab Bay (in the Red Sea region), diplomatic relations with Arab states and agreements with Somali tribes over commercial activities on the Somali Coast.
diplomatic and frontier policies; Government of India; confidential memoranda; Burma; Arabia; East Africa; Assaby Bay; Italy; Red Sea; Arab states; Somali coast
Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials on French and British imperial interests in East Africa and Southeast Asia. The file contains confidential memoranda, correspondence and reports on the French colonies of Obokh (present-day Djibouti) and Zaila (present-day Somaliland). The file includes material relating to French commercial interests in Burma, Siam and Indochina as well as the British annexation of Upper Burma.
diplomatic and frontier policies; Government of India; confidential memoranda; East Africa; British; French; Imperial; Southeast Asia; Obokh; Djibouti; Zaila; Somaliland; commercial; Siam; Indochina; Upper Burma; annexation
Damodar P. Singhal’s writings and research material on British rule in India. The file contains his typed manuscripts entitled ‘Western Impact on Modern India’ and ‘Nehru and the Partition of India’ a reading list of relevant books, his handwritten notes on the causes and impact of British rule and the following writings relating to economic history of colonial India:
1. ‘The Cobdenite View of the ‘Drain’ and the Indian Fiscal Problem’ by Sir Roper Lethbridge in The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review, Vol. XXIX Nos 57-58, January 1910.
2. ‘Some Thoughts about the ‘Drain in India’ by W. H. Moreland, The Asiatic Review, January 1920.
3. Chapter ‘British Rule in India’ in Jawaharlal Nehru’s book Discovery of India, 1946.
4. Articles by Dr. J. C Kumarappa and R. Palme Dutta in the chapter ‘Economic Exploitation in India’ in the book To the Gates of Liberty: Congress Commemoration Volume by the Indian National Congress, 1948.
5. ‘British Impact on India Before 1850-57’ by N. V. Sovani, Journal of World History, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1954.
6. 'British Impact on India After 1850-57’ by N. V. Sovani, Journal of World History, Vol. II, No. 1, 1954.
7. ‘Congress ideology: A Statement’ by Humayun Kabir, India Quarterly Vol. 16, January-March 1960.
8. ‘Indian students: Rather Sadhus than Philistines’ by Edwad Shil, Encounter September 1961.
9. Chapter 1 ‘The Rise of Empire - Why Didn’t They Colonise Us’ and chapter 5 ‘Results of Empire – In the Colonies’ in Michael Barratt Brown’s After Imperialism, London, 1963.
British rule in India; Nehru; partition; manuscript; Western Impact on Modern India; handwritten notes; causes and impact of British rule; economic history of colonial India; Cobdenite view; drain; Indian fiscal problem; Roper Lethbridge; W. H. Moreland; Jawaharlal Nehru; Discovery of India; J. C Kumarappa; R. P Dutt; Economic exploitation of India; To the Gates of Liberty; Indian National Congress; 1857; Congress ideology; Humayun Kabir; Indian students; Empire; colonies
10. Excerpt of chapter V ‘Humiliation, Reform and Consciousness’ and chapter IX ‘Progress of Education’ in Ram Gopal’s book British Rule in India: An Assessment, 1963.
11. Chapter II ‘The Problem of Governance’, of The Founding of the Second British Empire, Vol. II by Vincent Harlow, 1964.
12. Review of M. N Das’s book India under Morley and Minto by R. Shiva Rao, Hindu Weekly, 17-5-1965.
13. ‘Transfer of Power: British Policy-Making Processes and their Part in the Shaping of Events’ by Nicholas Mansergh, International Studies, Vol. 20 Issue 3-4, March 1981.
14. East India Companies Trans-Himalayan Trade before Hastings by Saroj Chakaravarti, undated.
15. ‘Christianity In Hinduism’ in S. M. Mitra’s book, Anglo-Indian Studies, undated.
16. ‘The Industrial Revolution and the Colonies 1783 – 1822’ in the Cambridge History of the British Empire Vol. II (The New Empire) 1783 – 1970, undated
17. ‘Mr. Keir Hardie’s ‘India’’ by R. A. L. Moore in The Asiatic Quarterly Review, undated.
British rule in India; Morley; Minto; Transfer of power; East India Company; Trans Himalayan Trade; Hastings; Christianity; Hinduism; Industrial Revolution; Governance
Papers relating to 19th century British politics, colonial administration and imperial rivalries in the 19th century. Contains chapter XI, ‘At The India Office’ in Winston Churchill’s biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, Volume 1 and chapter XI, ‘Late Victorian Afterglow’ in William Strang’s book Britian in World Affairs – A Survey of Fluctuations in Power and Influence from Henry VIII to Elizabeth II. The file also contains chapters, ‘International Rivalry in the Colonial Sphere, 1869 – 1885’, ‘Imperial Problems in British Politics, 1880 – 1895’ and ‘The Empire in the New Age, 1870 – 1919’ in The Cambridge History of the British Empire: Volume III, The Empire Commonwealth 1870 – 1919.
British politics; colonial administration; imperial rilvaries; 19th century; Winston Churchill; biography; Lord Randolph Churchill; Late Victorian Afterglow; Britian in World Affairs; Henry VIII; Elizabeth II; British empire; commonwealth
