Bengaluru, Bangalore, Bengaluru : imaginations and their times
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Bengaluru, Bangalore, Bengaluru : imaginations and their times
SAGE, 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-290)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Probing into the history beyond mere historical facts, this book focuses on the 'imaginations' that have determined the course of Bengaluru over the last two-and-a-half centuries. It puts together contemporary accounts of the imaginations of those who were heard at each point of time. This approach is particularly relevant in present day India, of the current time where debates on history are largely a matter of choosing one set of historical facts instead of another.
The imaginations in the book relate to those of the Bengaluru of the eighteenth century that the British colonised; the nineteenth century Bangalore they ruled, directly or indirectly; the Bangalore of the twentieth century years after Independence; and the Bengaluru of the twenty-first century. It identifies the events that marked the turning points in the history of the city over those centuries, from the Battle for Bangalore in 1791 to the battles on the city's roads in the twenty-first century. It then picks the 'words' that capture the imagination that prompted each event, whether it was in the form of Thomas Munro's letter home, Seshadri Iyer's report to the Assembly on the plague or the prospectus of the Initial Public Offer of shares by Infosys.
This work, which provides a new view of Bengaluru's history as well as a method of looking at the past that is quite different from most Indian historical studies, will interest historians, sociologists and all academics in the social sciences.
Table of Contents
Preface
Imaginations of Bengaluru - Narendar Pani
PART ONE: BENGALURU TO BANGALORE
The Fall of the Pete March 4,1791 - Mark Wilks
The Storming of the Fort March 21, 1791 - Thomas Munro
A Diary in 1800 - Francis Buchanan
PART TWO: CANTONMENT AND THE ANGLO-INDIAN LEGACY
The Defence of Lieutenant-Colonel John Bell February 27, 1810 - Rev Arthur Williams
The Mutiny of the 84th October 1815
A Weslyan View
Whitefield - Benjamin Lewis Rice
Muslim Citizens of the Civil and Military Station - M Kantharaj Urs
PART THREE: EDUCATING BANGALORE
Miss Manning and Zenana Education - Rajamma Thamboo Chetty
Enumerating Education - Benjamin Lewis Rice
The Underdog as Scientist - Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV
Accessing Education Abroad - C R Reddy
Examinations And Merit - Mirza M Ismail
PART FOUR: IN PURSUIT OF THE MODERN
The Coming of Electricity - K Sheshadri Iyer, T R A Thumboo Chetty and P N Krishnamurti
Son of Mysore - Harianna
Investigate, Educate, Organise - M Visvesvaraya
Workers of the City Unite - L C McCarty
Taking Off - L C McCarty
The Birth of the Infosys Saga - L C McCarty
PART FIVE: GUARDIAN STATE
The Plague - C Sreenivasaiengar and K Sheshadri Iyer
Moving out of Risk Campbell's Directory
The Vokkaliga Case - Vokkaligha Sangha
Living Through the Debate on Reservation - K R Srinivasa Iyengar
PART SIX: BANGALORE TO BENGALURU
The Gokak Card - Deepa Ganesh
Response to Gokak - U R Ananthamurthy
An Agenda for a Global City Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF)
Warm, Warmer - US De
Getting up to Speed - Kishor G Bhat
Governing Change - Christoph Dittrich
The Built Environment - Srikumar M Menon and Nita Soans
PART SEVEN: THE FUTURE IN THE PAST
Of Men and Ramrajya - M K Gandhi
In Science We Trust - Mirza M Ismail
Epilogue
Notes and References
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