Open Letters to Lord Curzon Speeches and Papers [Hardcover]
Language: English
Published by Gyan Publishing House, 1986
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Language: English. An authentic work that deals with the economic history of India, the volume comprises a nationalist intellectuals during an outspoken challenge to the British Viceroy through his letters and writings on the drawbacks of the British system of land tenure and taxation, famine and mal administration. Four papers on Indian epics and Hindu religion and philosophy enhance the value of the book.The present volume comprises his speeches and writings on Indian questions, during 18971902 and also includes his letters to the then Viceroy Lord Curzon on Indian famines and land tenures. In these speeches and writings he has discussed, threadbare, the causes of famines/ drawbacks of the British system of land tenure and Taxation and suggested fruitful remedies. The contents of this volume not only are very authentic source material for the study of the economic History of India, but also provide ample guidelines for the present policy makers and administrators. The volume also contains four papers on Indian epics and Hindu Religion and philosophy. Romesh Ch. Dutt (18481909) is one of the brightest stars in the galaxy of nineteenth century Indian thinkers both in literature and contemporary politicoeconomic conditions. His innumerable writings on India's economic conditions under the British rule, as well as on the cultural heritage of this country are too well known to need any fresh introduction. He waged a protracted intellectual war against the wrong policies and mismanagement of the rulers, which caused repeated famines in different parts of India and innumerable hardships to common people. Besides writing quite A Few volumes on those subjects, he delivered many important speeches and presented many thoughtprovoking papers both in India and in England. He also carried on correspondence with British administrators to press on them his suggestions for redress. D.N. GUPTA teaches history at Hindu College, Delhi. He is at present working on CPI and The Indian National Movement, 193945 to his Ph.D. under Professor Bipan Chandra and R. L. Shukla. I. OPEN LETTERS TO LORD CURZON : 1. Famines in India, 1770 to 1900 2. First Letter to Lord Curzon : Central Provinces 3. Second Letter to Lord Curzon : Madras 4. Third Letter to Lord Curzon : Bombay 5. Fourth Letter to Lord Curzon : Bengal 6. Fifth Letter to Lord Curzon : Northern India 7. Memorial of December 20, 1900 8. Government Resolution 9. Letter from Lord George Hamilton 10. Reply to Lord George Hamilton II. SPEECHES AND PAPERS ON INDIAN QUESTIONS, 1897 To 1900 : 1. Paper on Famines in India : [Fortnightly Review, August 1897] 2. Speech on Liberalism and Peace : [Delivered at Swindon, 29 Jan. 1898] 3. Speech on Frontier War and Famines : [Delivered at Oxford, 7 March 1898] 4. Speech on New Imperialism in India : [Delivered at Women's National Liberal Association, London, 17 May 1898] 5. Speech on the Death of Mr. Gladstone : [Delivered at Derby, 20 June 1898] 6. Speech on the New Sedition Law : [Delivered in London, 20 June 1898] 7. Speech on the Calcutta Municipal Bill : [Delivered at Manchester, 22 November 1898] 8. Evidence on the Currency Question : [given before the Currency Committee 30 November 1898] 9. Speech at the Lucknow Congress : [Delivered, 27 December 1898] 10. Farewell Speech at Calcutta : [Delivered, 23 February 1900] 11. Farewell Speech at Bombay : [Delivered 14, March 1900] 12. Paper on the Mahabharata : [Read at the Royal Society of Literature, London, 14 June 1899] 13. Paper on the Ramayana : [Read Before the Royal Society of Literature, London, 24 October 1900] 14. Paper on Hindu Philosophy : [Indian Review, February 1900] 15. Paper on Hindu Religion : [The Humanitarian, July 1900] 16. Speech on the Death of Prof. Max Muller : [Delivered at the Goethe Society, London, 23 November 1900] 17. Memorial on the Executive and Judiciary [Presented to the Secretary of State for India, 1 July 1899] 18. Memorial on the Land Tax : [Presented to the Secretary of St.…
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- Title
- Open Letters to Lord Curzon Speeches and Papers [Hardcover]
- Author
- Romesh C. Dutt Introduction D.N. Gupta
- Publisher
- Gyan Publishing House
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 8121200148
- ISBN 13
- 9788121200141
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