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Selected writings of Allan Octavian Hume Vol. 1 : 1829 - 1867 district administration in north India, rebellion and reform

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2004Description: 786p cxxISBN:
  • 9780195658965
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 923.500000 MEH
Contents:
Summary: This is the first volume of the selected writings of Allan Octavian Hume, the founder of the Indian National Congress. It focuses on Hume's years in administration district in what was then the North Western Provinces. What lends special interest to this early phase of his life was that some eleven years of it were spent continuously in one district, Etawah. From these documents Hume emerges as a committed reformer in the British liberal utilitarian mode, but one who was very sensitive to local Indian opinion.
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BOOKs National Law School 923.5 MEH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 19698

Summary:
This is the first volume of the selected writings of Allan Octavian Hume, the founder of the Indian National Congress. It focuses on Hume's years in administration district in what was then the North Western Provinces. What lends special interest to this early phase of his life was that some eleven years of it were spent continuously in one district, Etawah. From these documents Hume emerges as a committed reformer in the British liberal utilitarian mode, but one who was very sensitive to local Indian opinion.

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