Bengaluru, Bangalore, Bengaluru : imaginations and their times

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Bengaluru, Bangalore, Bengaluru : imaginations and their times

edited by Narendar Pani, Sindhu Radhakrishna, Kishor G. Bhat

SAGE, 2010

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-290)

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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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  • NCID
    BB06031493
  • ISBN
    • 9788132103035
  • LCCN
    2010000858
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Los Angeles
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 290 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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