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He is a Congress MP in India, the author of fourteen previous books and has won numerous literary awards, including a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Tharoor has a PhD from the Fletcher School and was named by the World Economic Forum in Davos in ൡ൩൩൨ as a Global Leader of Tomorrow.  \nFor my sons, Ishaan and Kanishk, whose love of history equals, and knowledge of it exceeds, my own  \nScribe Publications  \nൡ൨–ൢൠ Edward St, Brunswick, Victoria ൣൠ൥൦, Australia ൢ John St, Clerkenwell, London, WCൡN ൢES, United Kingdom  \nFirst Published under the title An Era of Darkness: the British Empire in India by Aleph Book Company, New Delhi, India in ൢൠൡ൦  \nPublished by arrangement with C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., ൤ൡ Great Russell Street, London  \nPublished by Scribe ൢൠൡ൧  \nCopyright © Shashi Tharoor ൢൠൡ൦  \nAll rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publishers ofthis book.  \nThe moral right of the author has been asserted.  \n൩൧൨ൡ൩ൢ൥ൣൢൢ൥൧൦ (Australian edition)  \n൩൧൨ൡ൩ൢ൥൥൤൨൥ൡ൨ (e-book)  \nA CiP entry for this title is available from the National Library of Australia.  \n[scribepublications.com.au](scribepublications.com.au)[ ](scribepublications.com.au)[scribepublications.co.uk](scribepublications.co.uk)  \nBut ’tis strange.  \nAnd oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths    \nWilliam Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene iii  \nThy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall;  \nAnd universal darkness buries all.  \nAlexander Pope, The Dunciad  \nWe live in the flicker—may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling!  \nBut darkness was here yesterday.  \nJoseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness  \nIndia—a hundred Indias—whispered outside beneath the indifferent moon, but for the time India seemed one and their own, and they regained their departed greatness by hearing its departure  \nlamented    \nE. M. Forster, A Passage to India  \nCONTENTS  \nChronology  \nAcknowledgements  \nPreface  \nൡ . The Looting of India  \nൢ . Did the British Give India Political Unity?  \nൣ. Democracy, the Press, the Parliamentary System and the Rule of Law ൤ . Divide Et Impera  \n൥ . The Myth of Enlightened Despotism ൦. The Remaining Case for Empire ൧. The (Im)Balance Sheet: A Coda ൨. The Messy Afterlife of Colonialism Notes and References  \nBibliography  \nCHRONOLOGY  \n\n| ൡ൦ൠൠ | British Royal Charter forms the East India Company, beginning the process that will lead to the subjugation of India under British rule. |\n| --- | --- |\n| ൡ൦ൡൣ–ൡ൤ | British East India Company sets up a factory in Masulipatnam and a trading post at Surat under William Hawkins. Sir Thomas Roe presents his credentials as ambassador of King James I to the Mughal Emperor Jehangir. |\n| ൡ൦ൡ൥–ൡ൨ | Mughals grant Britain the right to trade and establish factories. |\n| ൡ൧ൠൠ | India, under Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, accounts for ൢ൧ per cent of the world economy. |\n| ൡ൧ൠൢ | Thomas Pitt, Governor of Madras, acquires the Pitt Diamond, later sold to the Regent of France, the Duc d’Orléans, for £ൡൣ൥,ൠൠൠ . |\n| ൡ൧ൣ൩ | Sacking of Delhi by the Persian Nadir Shah and the loot ofall its treasures. |\n| ൡ൧൥ൡ | Robert Clive (ൡ൧ൢ൥–൧൤), aged twenty-six, seizes Arcot in modern-day Tamil Nadu as French and British fight for control of South India. |\n| ൡ൧൥൧ | British under Clive defeat Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula to become rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India. |\n| ൡ൧൦൥ | Weakened Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II issues a diwani that replaces his own revenue officials in the provinces of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa with the East India Company’s. |\n| ൡ൧൦൧ | First Anglo-Mysore War begins, in which Hyder Ali of Mysore defeats","cbCaidR4bFerdd84","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidR4bFerdd84","pdf",1815955,332,"English","# Chronology\n# Acknowledgements\n# Preface\n# The Looting of India\n# Did the British Give India Political Unity?\n# Democracy, the Press, the Parliamentary System and the Rule of Law - Divide Et Impera\n# The Myth of Enlightened Despotism\n# The Remaining Case for Empire\n# The (Im)Balance Sheet: A Coda\n# The Messy Afterlife of Colonialism - Notes and References\n# Bibliography","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of Inglorious Empire?\",\"answer\":\"It analyzes the British Empire in India, covering how imperial rule operated and what followed from colonialism.\"},{\"question\":\"What major topics are covered in the book’s main sections?\",\"answer\":\"The contents include looting, political unity, the functioning of democratic and legal institutions, arguments used to justify empire, and the lasting consequences of colonialism.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the book’s table of contents indicate about its structure?\",\"answer\":\"It combines front matter (acknowledgements and preface), a series of numbered chapters, and reference material such as notes/references and a bibliography, plus a separate chronology section.\"}]","Inglorious Empire - by Shashi Tharoor | PDF",1790857562,511]