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To Raise a Fallen People: How 19th-Century Indians Saw Their World and Shaped Ours
Author: Rahul Sagar
Publisher: Juggernaut Books
Pages: 312
Price: Rs 799
With the rise of India as an important regional and global player in the 21st century there has been a need to understand whether the country ever had its own understanding of its geographical and geo-political locations. Much has been written and spoken about the ideas of non-alignment, non-violence, and strategic autonomy. But most of these ideas that are credited to Indian thinkers have emerged during or after the independence movement. This gives the impression that colonial India generally
