Princely Crime and Colonial Punishment
A Murder Case in Historical Investigation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20179650 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugenia Vanina (Principal Researcher, Centre for Indian Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, Russia., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-20 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indian Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0376-9836 • E-ISSN: 0975-5977 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0376983620922414 |
| OpenAlex | W3029809433 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The article is based upon an archival file comprising the documents of Ram Singh, the Raja of Bharatpur, allegedly shooting dead his personal servant Kiddu. This criminal case, investigated by two British officers, provided the British colonial authorities with an opportunity to depose the Raja, thus rectifying their own mistake of enthroning him. The documents disclose an inefficient investigation and offer an insight into the British attitudes to Indian native states and policies concerning the succession and deposition of their rulers
Colonialism · Criminology · Magistrate · Mistake · Political science · Raja · Servant · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Asian Studies and History · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · History · Law · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |