DDS Subject File No. 12 (Part 1)

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Name of the Collection	Devahuti and Damodar Singhal collection
Folder/Categories	Subject Files-1846-1984
Sub-folder/Sub-category	Colonialism in India, 1855-1981
File No. /Acc. No.	12 (Part 1)
Abstract	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.
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Keywords	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
Start Date “Period From”	1910
End Date “Period To”	1963
Extent	280 pp.
Item type/Format	Handwritten, typed and photocopies
Language	English
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Donor	Veena Sachdev (Devahuti Damodar Svaraj Trust)
Donation Date	March 2018
Custodian	Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonepat (India)
Right/Copyright	Donor