The Baroda Crisis of 1873–77: A study in Governmental Rivalry

1968 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. F. S. Copland
Keyword(s):  
British India ◽  
British Raj ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
Administrative History ◽  
The Government ◽  
Freedom Of Action

A Feature which has long characterized the study of Indian administrative history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has been the tendency of scholars to identify the British Raj with the Government of India, or more narrowly still, with the Governor-General in Council. Certainly one would not write a general history of British India and ignore the pronouncements of Calcutta. Yet by the same token one should not overlook the actions and attitudes of the several provincial governments, and especially of the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, which, though under the general suzerainty of Calcutta, enjoyed substantial freedom of action within the limits of their own jurisdiction.

scholarly journals The Travels of M. de Thévenot through the Thug Archive

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Máire ní Fhlathúin
Keyword(s):  
British India ◽  
Historical Archive ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries

AbstractThe campaign against thuggee in 1830s India produced a set of widely-circulated accounts of the origins and practices of thugs. In these works (both popular and scholarly), a very small amount of primary information was continually recycled throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The changes visible in the manner of deployment of this information are indicative of progressive re-formulations of the narrative of the history of thuggee, and the larger history of British India. This process is examined through a study of the incorporation of an extract from The Travels of M de Thévenot into the Levant into the historical archive, which concludes that any re-appraisal of history must incorporate a consideration of the narrative underlying the production of the records, as well as the records themselves.

Measurement of Structural Change in the Pakistan Economy: A Review of the National Income Estimates 1949/50 to 1963/64

1966 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-208
Author(s):  
Taufiq M. Khan ◽  
Asbjorn Bergan
Keyword(s):  
Capita Income ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
National Income ◽  
Per Capita Income ◽  
British India ◽  
History Of ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Government ◽  
Net National Product ◽  
The Masses

A number of national income estimates are available for pre-Partition India. Many of these estimates, especially those pertaining to the last quarter of the 19th and the early 20th centuries, had their origin in political controversy. The estimators were mainly concerned with proving or refuting the idea that the per capita income was very low and that the government had failed to improve the economic conditions of the masses[6]. The earlier estimates were based on scanty data but as time passed, the basic statistics as well as the methods of income estima¬tion improved. The studies of national income of British India, undertaken by Dr. V.K.R.V. Rao, were exhaustive and comprehensive and still serve as a useful reference for all those who are interested in the history of national income estimation in India [14]. Because of the general lack of economic data in India, Dr. Rao conducted a number of ad hoc enquiries in different parts of India to fill in the existing gaps in data. The various estimates of per capita income in India before Partition are shown in Appendix Table A-I. These estimates are at current prices. Because of differences in concepts and methodology, these estimates are not entirely comparable and are to be regarded as rough approximations of per capita net national product at factor cost.

The Bank of France's balance sheets database, 1840–1998: an introduction to 158 years of central banking

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrice Baubeau
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Electronic Version ◽  
Central Banking ◽  
Balance Sheets ◽  
History Of ◽  
Entire History ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Excel File

A project to build a comprehensive database of the Bank of France's published accounts covering its entire history was launched in 2001 with the support of the Bank'sMission Historique. This article introduces its main outcome: a dataset based on the weekly balance sheets – the so-calledsituations hebdomadaires– covering more than a century and a half of history from 1840 to 1998. After a brief outline of the historical evolution of the Bank's legal status and a description of the publication outlets for the data, the article pays special attention to the issues of transparency and accountability. For that purpose, it reconstructs on the basis of archival records the debate over the disclosure of the Bank's figures (what to publish, how frequently) that took place, both within the Bank and between the Bank and the government, at various turning points in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Finally, the article explains how the presentation of thesituationschanged over time, paying special attention to the impact of World Wars I and II. The full database with metadata information is attached to the electronic version of this article and downloadable as an Excel file from theFHRwebsite, together with an extensive review of the literature on the history of the Bank of France.

Environmental Conservation and Deforestation in British India 1855–1947: A Reinterpretation

Itinerario ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory A. Barton ◽  
Brett M. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Forest Service ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
British India ◽  
Service Model ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship

The history of forestry in British India has evoked a wide range of responses from environmental historians. Debates often centre in particular on the ethic of the bureaucratic organisation responsible for managing the government-controlled forests of India: the Indian Forest Service. Born on the subcontinent and rooted in the European scientific tradition, the Indian Forest Service model, or “empire forestry” as it came to be called from the 1920s onward, has been described as a first step in the world-wide environmental movement or, alternately, as the culprit responsible for widespread deforestation of the subcontinent. This article will address a key aspect of the debate over the Indian Forest Service (hereafter referred to as the IFS) that has profound implications for our understanding of the relationship -between imperialism and forestry conservation. By examining the tension between conservation-minded foresters who battled against timber companies and economically focused imperial bureaucrats, we answer the following question: did the IFS develop a legacy of deforestation throughout the subcontinent between 1855 and 1947? We conclude that the IFS did not develop a dominant ethic of resource exploitation, nor did the IFS rapidly accelerate the rates of deforestation during the colonial period. Rather, the IFS provided a powerful and persuasive counterweight to gentleman capitalists and economically oriented administrators who strenuously battled for more extensive exploitation of forest resources.

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