Walter Reid October 8, 2016 Last Updated at 00:00 IST
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KEEPING THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN The British Betrayal of India Author: Walter Reid Publisher: Penguin Random House India Pages: 288 Price: Rs 599 The general view is that the British worked towards an orderly transfer of power from India for decades before 1947. Nothing could be further from the truth, argues historian Walter Reid. In this excerpt from his book Keeping The Jewel in the Crown: The British Betrayal of India he shows how the British establishment improvised policy and focused on salvaging imperial prestige - and a defence presence - amidst the carnage and chaos of ...
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