Conquering the maharajas demonstrates that the political and military clashes between the Indian and Pakistani governments and the princely states, a legacy of the layered sovereignty of British indirect rule in India, was a product of the competing ideas of state sovereignty leading up to and following the transfer of power in 1947.


Format Inbunden Omfång 304 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Manchester University Press Utgivningsdatum 2023-06-06 ISBN 9781526167859