Rulers of India Mountstuart Elphinstone: and the making of South-Western India
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Rulers of India Mountstuart Elphinstone: and the making of South-Western India

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A comprehensive biography of Mountstuart Elphinstone, the influential British administrator who shaped South-Western India during the colonial era. This work explores his political strategies, administrative reforms, and lasting impact on the region’s development.

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Mountstuart Elphinstone stands as one of the most significant figures in British India’s history, and J S Cotton’s meticulously researched biography captures his extraordinary contributions to South-Western India’s transformation. Through detailed accounts of his tenure as Governor of Bombay and his earlier political missions, Cotton reveals how Elphinstone wielded considerable influence over the subcontinent’s development during the early 19th century.

This scholarly work examines Elphinstone’s diplomatic negotiations, administrative innovations, and efforts to modernize governance structures across the region. Cotton demonstrates how the administrator’s policies affected local populations, indigenous rulers, and British colonial interests alike. The narrative traces Elphinstone’s rise through ranks, his key decisions during critical periods, and the enduring legacy of his rule in South-Western India’s political and social landscape.

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Author

J S Cotton
Publisher

‏ : ‎ Gyan Publishing House
ISBN

9789364331326

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