Punjab under the British Rule

Historicising the Local Transformations

Bibliographic Data

ID20179367
AuthorsBhupinder Singh (0000-0002-9443-9975, Central University of Punjab, corresponding author), Bawa Singh (0000-0003-4832-0938, Central University of Punjab, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume46
Issue2
Pages207-226
Publication date2019-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndian Historical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0376-9836 • E-ISSN: 0975-5977
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0376983619889520
OpenAlexW3004003316
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

This article is a preliminary attempt to map the changes and transformations of Punjab, which had undergone during the British rule. It had remained the model province for benefits of the British colonial rule. Ever since its accession in 1849, Punjab received particular attention in the colonial policies due to its strategic and political importance to the empire. The colonial rule unleashed a slew of transformations in diverse fields including education, agriculture, irrigation, transport and communication and social institutions. This article particularly focusses on the transformations that took place in the modernisation of agriculture, canals colonisation and Punjabisation of the British Indian army during the colonial rule in Punjab. Behind the plotting of modernisations, the study will dig out the imperial designs and motives of the Raj

Accession · Agriculture · Archaeology · British Empire · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Economic history · Economic policy · Economics · Economy · Empire · Indirect rule · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora

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