{"product_id":"the-broken-script-delhi-under-swapna-liddle-9789354473883","title":"The Broken Script Delhi Under the East India Company and the Fall of the Mughal Dynasty, 1803-1857","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeScriPtion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the start of the nineteenth century, there was a Mughal emperor on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrone in Delhi, but the Mughal empire, in decline for almost a century, was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epractically gone. A new power had emerged-the British East India Company, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich captured the Mughal capital in September 1803, becoming its de facto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eruler. Swapna Liddle's book is an unprecedented study of the 'hybrid halfcentury' that followed-when the two regimes overlapped and Delhi was at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe cusp of modernity, changing in profound ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a ground-level view of the workings of early British rule in India, The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroken Script describes in rich detail the complex tussle between the last two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMughal emperors and the East India Company, one wielding considerable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esymbolic authority, and the other a fast-growing military and political power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is, above all, the story of the people of Delhi in this period, some already\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewell known, such as the poet Ghalib, and others, like the mathematician Ram\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChander, who are largely forgotten: the cultural and intellectual elite, business\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emagnates, the old landed nobility and the exotic new ruling class-the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish. Through them, it looks at the economic, social and cultural climate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat evolved over six decades. It examines the great flowering of poetry in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrdu, even as attempts to use the language for scientific education faltered;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe fascinating history of the Delhi College, and how it represented a radically\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enew model for higher education in India; the rise of modern journalism in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrdu, and various printing presses and publications, exemplified by papers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Swapna Liddle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354473881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354473883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.02d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swapna Liddle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132354228479,"sku":"9789354473883","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57024139-d759-4167-9ab8-7daf99d4d266.jpg?v=1687479700","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-broken-script-delhi-under-swapna-liddle-9789354473883","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}