Harshad Topiwala
Biographic Data
| ID | 6554412 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harshad Topiwala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harshad |
| FAMILY NAME | Topiwala |
| SIGNATURE | TOPIWALA H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Visions of Colonial Nairobi
The 1915 Simpson Report made public health recommendations for Nairobi that were heralded as ground-breaking. Of particular interest to the colonial authorities was Professor Simpson’s suggestion to racially segregate Nairobi to prevent diseases said to emanate from its Indian bazaar. Rather than being novel, this article shows that these recommendations were typical of enthusiasm for segregation in other parts of Empire, as well as being in line…
Indian Doctors in Kenya, 1895–1940
This ground-breaking book offers unique insights into the careers of Indian doctors in colonial Kenya during the height of British colonialism, between 1895 and 1940. The story of these important Indi
Conclusion
The period between 1895 and 1940 was a profoundly important one in the history of the Indian professional diaspora to East Africa. Indian medical schools were bearing more fruit and, increasingly from 1900, their graduates were seeking employment opportunities further afield than within the borders of their subcontinent. Indian doctors, already familiar with the character and expectations of British rule, could conceive of a move within the Briti…
Indian Private Doctors in Kenya
Very little has been written about the Indian general practitioners who were part of the medical world of Kenya and yet they were an absolutely vital part of the colonial (and for that matter, post-colonial) landscape of the country. 2 Admittedly, in the early years of British rule the numbers who made up this cohort were small—just as they were for privately practising European doctors in the colony—but after 1920 Indians became a relatively org…
Private Doctors
Indian private doctors experienced long and varied careers, they were held in respect and esteem in the Kenyan Indian community and they regularly acted as local philanthropists and community spokespeople. Yet, Indians— even if professionally qualified and ostensibly middle class in their tastes and demeanour—were always to constitute a second class to the white ruling elite. 2 As demonstrated in Chapter 6, Indians were ultimately, if unofficiall…
Squeezing Indians Out of Government Medicine
Things altered very much for the worse for Indians in the Kenyan colonial medical department during 1922 and 1923; simultaneously the early enthusiasm for the employment of Indians in all departments of the British Colonial Service in East Africa dramatically waned. Winston Churchill (hardly an advocate of Indian colonial rights) anticipated the dilemma this would throw up with uncanny accuracy as early as 1908: Is it possible for any Government …
Indians, Migration, and Medicine
The Indian population of Kenya, formerly known as the East African Protectorate, increased from under 5,000 in 1895 to over 90,000 in 1948. These immigrants accounted for more than three quarters of the population in 1921 and half in 1948. 2 Most of these Indians were traders, artisans, or lower level administrators, but an increasing number of professionals such a doctors joined the migratory cohort. The trend for Indians to seek opportunities i…
Visions of Colonial Nairobi
The 1915 Simpson Report made public health recommendations for Nairobi that were heralded as ground-breaking. Of particular interest to the colonial authorities was Professor Simpson’s suggestion to racially segregate Nairobi to prevent diseases said to emanate from its Indian bazaar. Rather than being novel, this article shows that these recommendations were typical of enthusiasm for segregation in other parts of Empire, as well as being in line…
Indian Doctors in Kenya, 1895–1940
This ground-breaking book offers unique insights into the careers of Indian doctors in colonial Kenya during the height of British colonialism, between 1895 and 1940. The story of these important Indi
Conclusion
The period between 1895 and 1940 was a profoundly important one in the history of the Indian professional diaspora to East Africa. Indian medical schools were bearing more fruit and, increasingly from 1900, their graduates were seeking employment opportunities further afield than within the borders of their subcontinent. Indian doctors, already familiar with the character and expectations of British rule, could conceive of a move within the Briti…
Indian Private Doctors in Kenya
Very little has been written about the Indian general practitioners who were part of the medical world of Kenya and yet they were an absolutely vital part of the colonial (and for that matter, post-colonial) landscape of the country. 2 Admittedly, in the early years of British rule the numbers who made up this cohort were small—just as they were for privately practising European doctors in the colony—but after 1920 Indians became a relatively org…
Private Doctors
Indian private doctors experienced long and varied careers, they were held in respect and esteem in the Kenyan Indian community and they regularly acted as local philanthropists and community spokespeople. Yet, Indians— even if professionally qualified and ostensibly middle class in their tastes and demeanour—were always to constitute a second class to the white ruling elite. 2 As demonstrated in Chapter 6, Indians were ultimately, if unofficiall…
Squeezing Indians Out of Government Medicine
Things altered very much for the worse for Indians in the Kenyan colonial medical department during 1922 and 1923; simultaneously the early enthusiasm for the employment of Indians in all departments of the British Colonial Service in East Africa dramatically waned. Winston Churchill (hardly an advocate of Indian colonial rights) anticipated the dilemma this would throw up with uncanny accuracy as early as 1908: Is it possible for any Government …
Indians, Migration, and Medicine
The Indian population of Kenya, formerly known as the East African Protectorate, increased from under 5,000 in 1895 to over 90,000 in 1948. These immigrants accounted for more than three quarters of the population in 1921 and half in 1948. 2 Most of these Indians were traders, artisans, or lower level administrators, but an increasing number of professionals such a doctors joined the migratory cohort. The trend for Indians to seek opportunities i…
Visions of Colonial Nairobi
The 1915 Simpson Report made public health recommendations for Nairobi that were heralded as ground-breaking. Of particular interest to the colonial authorities was Professor Simpson’s suggestion to racially segregate Nairobi to prevent diseases said to emanate from its Indian bazaar. Rather than being novel, this article shows that these recommendations were typical of enthusiasm for segregation in other parts of Empire, as well as being in line…
Colonialism (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Government (linguistics) (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)