The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise

The Story Of This Book Begins In The Seventeenth Century, When A Small Sea-faring Island, One Tenth The Size Of The Indian Subcontinent, Despatched Sailing Ships Over 11,000 Miles On A Five-month Trading Journey In Search Of New Opportunities. In The End They Helped Build A New Nation. The Sheer Audacity And Scale Of Such An Endeavour, The Courage And Enterprise, Have No Parallel In World History. This Book Is The First To Assess In A Single Volume Almost All Aspects Of Britain S Remarkable Contribution In Providing India With Its Lasting Institutional And Physical Infrastructure, Which Continues To Underpin The World S Largest Democracy In The Twenty-first Century. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. The Argument: Balance And Perspective -- 2. The East India Company: Ambitions To Rule The Waves -- 3. Routes To India -- 4. Ships And Shipbuilding: The Age Of Steam -- 5. Ports, Harbours And Lighthouses -- 6. Canals And Water Supplies -- 7. Roads: Leaving No Stone Unturned -- 8. Mail Services, The Telegraph And The Telephone -- 9. Railways: A Network Is Built With Incredible Speed -- 10. Locomotive Workshops And The Manufacture Of Rolling Stock -- 11. Bridge Building -- 12. Foundries, Iron And Steel: The Rise Of Indian Self-sufficiency -- 13. Extraction Industry Development -- 14. Electricity Generation -- 15. India Adopts The Tram -- 16. The Textile And Jute Industries -- 17. Sugar, Tea And Coffee Industries -- 18. Early Air Services -- 19. Establishing An Administrative Infrastructure -- 20. Education And Health: Engineering And Medical Colleges -- 21. Indian Heritage And Culture: Conservation, Restoration And Appreciation. Kartar Lalvani. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.