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India’s First Diplomat

V.S. Srinivasa Sastri and the Making of Liberal Internationalism

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Author:
Vineet Thakur

Though now largely a forgotten figure, V.S. Srinivasa Sastri was a celebrated Indian politician and diplomat in the early 20th Century. This book rehabilitates Sastri and offers a diplomatic biography of his years as India’s roving ambassador in the 1920s.

Publisher:
Bristol University Press
Publication Date:
15 Jun 2021
Online ISBN:
9781529217698
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529217698
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Front Matter
Front Matter
1: Introduction: The ‘Native’ Diplomat
2: Shirtless Srinivasan
3: A Worthy Successor to Gokhale
4: The Silver-Tongued Orator
5: The Most Picturesque Figure
6: A Rather Dangerous Ambassador
7: Like the Anger of Rudra
8: An Honourable Compromise
9: A Trustee of India’s Honour
10: We Have No Sastri
11: Conclusion: An Amiable Usurper
Back Matter
The 1921 Imperial Conference Resolution
The Cape Town Agreement of 1927
List of Archives
List of Illustration Sources and Acknowledgements
Notes
Index

V.S. Srinivasa Sastri was a celebrated Indian politician and diplomat in the early twentieth century. Despite being hailed as the ‘very voice of international conscience’, he is now a largely forgotten figure.

This book rehabilitates Sastri and offers a diplomatic biography of his years as India’s roving ambassador in the 1920s. It examines his involvement in key conferences and agreements, as well as his achievements in advocating for racial equality and securing the rights of Indians both at home and abroad. It also illuminates the darker side of being a native diplomat, including the risk of legitimizing the colonial project and the contradictions of being treated as an equal on the world stage while lacking equality at home.

In retrieving the legacy of Sastri, the book shows that liberal internationalism is not the preserve of western powers and actors – where it too often represents imperialism by other means – but a commitment to social progress fought at multiple sites and by many protagonists.

Vineet Thakur is University Lecturer at the Institute for History at Leiden University.

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Copyright:
© Bristol University Press 2021
Hardback ISBN:
9781529217667
Paperback ISBN:
9781529217674
ePub ISBN:
9781529217681
Online ISBN:
9781529217698
Page Extent:
308
Keywords:
Commonwealth; Post colonial; Gandhi; Liberals; Interwar; Woodrow Wilson; Empire; Race; Biography
Global Social Challenges:
Democracy, Power and Governance
Sustainable Development Goals:
Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Subject:
Politics and International Relations, Asian Pacific Politics, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Politics, Race, Ethnicity and Politics
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