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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Views of Empire"

Roundup

5-30-06

Views of Empire: A View from India [audio 15min]

In a series examining the colonial experience from the receiving end, Historian Maria Misra charts the rise and fall of nationalism in Indian textbooks, and hears some school pupils ponder the question: "What did the Raj do for us?"

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Views of Empire"