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An immersive portrait of the lives of the British in India, from the seventeenth century to Independence Who of the British went to India, and why? We know about Kipling and Forster, Orwell and Scott, but what of the youthful forestry official, the enterprising boxwallah, the fervid missionary? What motivated them to travel halfway around the globe, what lives did they lead when they got there, and what did they think about it all? Full of spirited, illuminating anecdotes drawn from long-forgotten memoirs, correspondence, and government documents, The British in India weaves a rich tapestry of the everyday experiences of the Britons who found themselves in "the jewel in the crown" of the British Empire. David Gilmour captures the substance and texture of their work, home, and social lives, and illustrates how these transformed across the several centuries of British presence and rule in the subcontinent, from the East India Company's first trading station in 1615 to the twilight of the Raj and Partition and Independence in 1947. He takes us through remote hill stations, bustling coastal ports, opulent palaces, regimented cantonments, and dense jungles, revealing the country as seen through British eyes, and wittily reveling in all the particular concerns and contradictions that were a consequence of that limited perspective. The British in India is a breathtaking accomplishment, a vivid and balanced history written with brio, elegance, and erudition.
CONTENTSList of Illustrations ixMaps xiiAcknowledgements xviiIntroduction 1Part One: ASPIRATIONS1 Numbers 92 Motivations 23Repairing the Fortune - A Diamond and Pagodas - Species of Zeal - Kinship - The Lure of the Orient - Female Vocations3 Origins and Identities 72Dolphin Families - Nephews and Competitors - Soldiering by Chance - Boxwallahs and Planters - Celts and North Britons - Aristocrats4 Imperial Apprentices 110'Rather a Farce . . .' - Competition Wallahs - Gentlemen Cadets - Surgeons on Horseback5 Voyages and Other Journeys 130Sail - Steam - Rivers - Men and Animals - MachinesPart Two: ENDEAVOURS6 Working Lives: Insiders 161Pooh-Bahs on the Plains - Judges in the Station - Despots in the Hills - The Politicals - Dr Nestor and the IMS7 Working Lives: The Open Air 193On Tour - Jungle Wallahs - Policemen - Sappers and Canals - Indigo Blue and Assamese Tea - Missions and Moral Fibre8 The Military Life 237The Army in India - Tommy Atkins - On the March and Along the Frontier - Officers and the MessPart Three: EXPERIENCES9 Intimacies 283The Rise and Fall of the Bibi - British Marriages - Mixed Marriages - Adulteries - Necessities - Sodom and Adventure10. Domesticities 337Homes - Servants and Shopping - Edibles - Drinkables - Children - Pets11. Formalities 383'The Etiquette of Precedence' - The Club - Racial Relations12. Singularities 414Unsound Civilians - Other Memsahibs - Going Native - Loafers13. At Ease 444Artists and Amateurs - Furlough - Holidays in India - Cricket and Other Games - Shikar - In the Saddle14. Last Posts 484Death in India - Repatriates - Staying OnEnvoi 522Glossary of Indian and Anglo-Indian Words 527Notes 531Sources and Bibliography 551Index 579
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