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Politics, History & Global Affairs

Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India

Shashi Tharoor

First published
2017
Length
336 pages · about 6 hours
Indiahistory18th centuryIndiahistory19th centuryIndiahistory20th centuryHistory

Shashi Tharoor sets out the case against British rule in India: its economic cost, famines, the destruction of industry and the divisions left behind. It is a forceful, readable argument that challenges the idea of a benevolent empire.

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