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Sovereignty, Power,
Control: Politics in the States of Western India
McLeod first analyses the conflict among the parties over the channels of communication between the princes and the British, the collection of duty on imports at state ports, and the existence of numerous small states in Gujarat. He then turns to British interference in the princes’ affairs over the issues of minority administration, maladministration, and succession to princely thrones. Finally, he explores the honours system of titles and salutes, which played a central role in princely India. John McLeod was born in Toronto, Canada, and in 1993 received his Ph.D in Indian history from the University of Toronto. In 1995, he joined the University of Louisville, USA, where he is now Chair of the Department of History. Besides Sovereignty, Power, Control, he is the author of The History of India and (with Kenneth Robbins) of African Elites in India. End Games
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In
Sovereignty, Power, Control, John McLeod uses the princely states of the
Western India States Agency (now in Gujarat) as a case study to examine
the triangular relationship among the Indian princes, the politicians of
the states’ people’s movements, and the British. He argues that the
princes were motivated by the desire to safeguard their sovereignty; the
politicians by a quest for a share in power in the states; and the
British by a policy of maintaining control.
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