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| fixed length control field | 02478nam a22002177a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250917112358.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 250917b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781805263098 (Paperback) |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954.0359 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Zubrzycki, John |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Dethroned : |
| Remainder of title | the downfall of India's princely states / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | By Johan Zubrzycki |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | C. Hurst & Co. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiv, 341 pages |
| Dimensions | 22 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | Rs. 1804.00 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Prologue: the last durbar -<br/>The 'iron man' and the civil servant -<br/>The bonfire of vices -<br/>Allies and agitators -<br/>A basket-full of states -<br/>Dangerous liaisons -<br/>'A dagger into the very heart of India' - <br/>Endgames of empire -<br/>A pawn in a chess game -<br/>The vale of tears -<br/>The killing fields -<br/>'The beauty of dawn' - <br/>The wrath of shiva - <br/>Trouble on the frontier - <br/>Lost among the cobwebs<br/>Epilogue: 'no more boodle' - <br/>Notes -<br/>Select bibliography -<br/>Acknowledgements -<br/>Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. In July 1947, India's last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten, stood before New Delhi's Chamber of Princes to deliver the most important speech of his career. He had just three weeks to convince over 550 sovereign princely states-some tiny, some the size of Britain-to become part of a free India. Once Britain's most faithful allies, the princes could choose between joining India or Pakistan, or declaring independence. This is a saga of intrigue, brinkmanship and broken promises, wrought by Mountbatten and two of independent India's founding fathers: the country's most senior civil servant, V.P. Menon, and Congress strongman Vallabhbhai Patel. What India's architects described as a 'bloodless revolution' was anything but, as violence engulfed Kashmir and Indian troops crushed Hyderabad's dreams of independence. Most princes accepted the inevitable, exchanging their power for guarantees of privileges and titles in perpetuity. But these dynasties were still led to extinction-not by the sword, but by political expediency-leaving them with little more than fading memories of a glorified past |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | India - Kings and rulers - History - 20th century |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | India - History - Partition, 1947 India - Politics and government - 1919-1947 India - Politics and government - 1947 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | India History Partition, 1947 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | BOOKs |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Materials specified (bound volume or other part) | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | PB | National Law School | National Law School | General Stacks | 17.09.2025 | Purchased - Feel Books | 1804.00 | 954.0359 ZUB | 40402 | 17.09.2025 | 17.09.2025 | BOOKs | Recommended by Mr. Kunal Ambasta |
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