colonial India

This is a listing of every resource tagged with 'colonial India'.



More general:  History

"Review on Hunter's 'Indian Musalmans'"
Book review essay by Syed Ahmad Khan; an abridgement of a series of articles written by Khan that had originally appeared in the Indian newspaper Pioneer

"Asbab-e-baghawat-e-Hind" ("Causes of the Indian Revolt")
Essay by Syed Ahmad Khan

Young India: A Weekly Journal, March 23, 1922
Issue of Young India including "The Great Trial," report on trial of Gandhi for sedition, in Ahmedabad, March 18, 1922

Environs of Calcutta
Map of Calcutta and surrounding area

Calcutta
Map of the city of Calcutta

The Indian Empire
Map depicting British colonial India (red), Indian- administered territories (pink), and independent states and territories (green)

Introduction to South Asian History and Culture: Course Syllabus
Syllabus, with integrated digital resources, for a Columbia University undergraduate anthropology course designed to introduce students to seminal writings in the emergence of modernity on the Indian subcontinent. The course surveys major figures who grappled with and helped shape social and political struggles during the British colonial period (roughly 1818-1947). It focuses on debates about religious reform, the role of women, nation formation, and caste stratification. Readings include autobiographies, speeches, dialogues, treatises, ethnography, and literary fiction; digital resources include primary texts, maps, timeline, illustrations, video.

India During the War of 1857-58
Map depicting the degrees of involvement of Indian states during the 1857 rebellion

Map of Nepal
Map of the city of Calcutta

Madras and environs

City of Bombay