Description: A few years later, the young and weakened Mughal emperor, Shah Alam II, was browbeaten into issuing an edict that replaced his own revenue officials with the Company s representatives. Over the next several decades, the East India Company, backed by the British government, extended its control over most of India
Brief description: Shashi Tharoor is the bestselling author of fifteen previous books, both fiction and non-fiction, besides being a noted critic and columnist. His books include the path-breaking satire The Great Indian Novel (1989), the classic India: From Midnight to the Millennium (1997), and most recently, India Shastra: Reflections on the Nation in Our Time (2015).
Review Quotes: An excellently written book. Tharoor has based his books on verifiable events and on facts rather than his opinion. This is what makes the book a compelling read. You would need a dictionary to get through this book though. --ByAmazon Customeron 15 September 2017