{"product_id":"the-broken-script-delhi-under-the-east-india-company-and-the-fall-of-the-mughal-dynasty-1803-1857-paperback","title":"The Broken Script Delhi Under the East India Company and the Fall of the Mughal Dynasty, 1803-1857 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSwapna Liddle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeScriPtion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the start of the nineteenth century, there was a Mughal emperor on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrone in Delhi, but the Mughal empire, in decline for almost a century, was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epractically gone. A new power had emerged-the British East India Company, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich captured the Mughal capital in September 1803, becoming its de facto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eruler. Swapna Liddle's book is an unprecedented study of the 'hybrid halfcentury' that followed-when the two regimes overlapped and Delhi was at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe cusp of modernity, changing in profound ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a ground-level view of the workings of early British rule in India, The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroken Script describes in rich detail the complex tussle between the last two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMughal emperors and the East India Company, one wielding considerable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esymbolic authority, and the other a fast-growing military and political power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is, above all, the story of the people of Delhi in this period, some already\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewell known, such as the poet Ghalib, and others, like the mathematician Ram\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChander, who are largely forgotten: the cultural and intellectual elite, business\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emagnates, the old landed nobility and the exotic new ruling class-the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish. Through them, it looks at the economic, social and cultural climate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat evolved over six decades. It examines the great flowering of poetry in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrdu, even as attempts to use the language for scientific education faltered;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe fascinating history of the Delhi College, and how it represented a radically\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enew model for higher education in India; the rise of modern journalism in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrdu, and various printing presses and publications, exemplified by papers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 458\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47488511869106,"sku":"9789354473883","price":51.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/924955c5b7e7653000fd9c12102d5b1a.webp?v=1779355910","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-broken-script-delhi-under-the-east-india-company-and-the-fall-of-the-mughal-dynasty-1803-1857-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}