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Vineet Thakur
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A

Abanya Bantu 210
Abdurahman, Abdullah 159
accommodation difficulties 55, 64, 180, 182
Acharya, M.P.T. 22, 30
Achriar, S. 208
Achutt, Frank H. 189, 190, 192
Ackworth, W 64
aerial bombings 54
Afghanistan 4
Africa 127, 133, 137, 141, 142, 144, 174, 180, 192
Africans, views held of 78, 124, 129, 136, 193, 209–210, 227, 232
African Chronicle 198, 200
Afrikaners 61, 126, 170, 185, 206
Aga Khan 124, 128–130
Agent to South Africa 6, 171–175, 211–212
agitation 27, 39, 87
agraharam 57
agricultural labourers 195
aircraft carriers 93
Aiyangar, S. Kasturi Ranga 49
Aiyar, P.S. 198, 199
Ali, Mohammad 4
Ali, Reza 160
America see United States of America
Amery, Leo 218, 219
Amritsar 54, 67, 134
anarchists 22, 54, 68
Andrews, Charles 13, 105, 136, 140, 150, 174, 197
Anglo-Irish Treaty 99
Anglo-Japanese Alliance 71–79, 94, 100
Anglophile 227
Annamalai University 220
anti-Asian immigration 115–117
Anti-Asiatic League 207
anti-Indians 115
anti-Japanese hysteria 94
see also Japan
anti-Semiticism 4, 105
Anti-Slavery Society 140
apartheid 14, 158
appeals, court 204
apprentices 189
Appu Sastri, Rao Bahadur 20
aristocrats 126
Arlington Memorial Amphitheater 89
armaments 101
Armenian Christians 2
armies 92, 146
arms control 11
Arthur, Rev. J.W. 135, 140
ashrams 33
Asians 11, 77, 115
Asiatic Bill 158, 159, 161, 168, 220
Asiatics Land Trading (Transvaal) Act 62
assisted emigration 166–167, 181–182, 183, 195, 213
Athlone, Lord 160, 188, 204, 210
Australia 6, 76, 77, 85, 94, 107–114, 164
Autobiography 119
autonomy 2, 48, 120

B

Bajpai, Girija S. 13, 104, 105, 107, 160, 166, 210
at the Imperial Conference 64–65, 74, 79, 83
‘baking’ 101
Baldwin, Stephen 133
Balfour, Arthur 39, 80, 91, 93, 94
Balfour Declaration 165, 168, 171, 180
Ballantyne, Charles 75, 77
Baltimore Sun 89
banana and sugar industries 109, 113
Banerjea, Surendranath 27, 49, 50, 55, 57, 60, 63
Bardoli 102
Barlow, Glyn 23
Barwell, Henry 110
battleships 123–124
Bellegarde, Louis-Dantès 6, 82
Benaras Congress 27
Bengal 26–27, 42, 100, 154
Bengalee 49
Bennett, Thomas 147
Berlin, Isiah 225
Besant, Annie 34–35, 48, 53, 56, 68, 153, 154, 155
Bhagavat Gita 34
bilateral agreement 6, 171
biography 16, 217
Birkenhead, Lord 79, 154, 164
birth rates 191
black intelligentsia 210
Blackwell, Leslie 181
Blyth, Robert 130
Boer War 61, 126
Bolsheviks 4, 38
Bombay 24, 47, 51, 102, 176
Bombay Chronicle, The 78, 107, 212
bombs 207
Bonnerjee, W.C. 52
bonuses 161, 168, 169, 195, 196, 213
Bose, Nani Gopal 101
Botha, Louis 62
boycotting 27, 67, 100, 102, 146, 147, 148, 164, 205
Boydell, Tommy 168
Brahmins 8, 23, 120, 185, 211, 212, 227, 230
political power of 36, 46, 47
Brand, Robert 44
Briand, Aristide 90, 92
Britain 11, 46, 90, 93, 94
British policy and Kenya 124, 128, 131, 134
British policy towards Turkey 4, 67
British reaction to Asiatic Bill 160
British treatment of prisoners 101
British Columbia 108, 115–118, 119
British Commonwealth 69, 141, 144, 171, 226
ideals of the 73–74, 109, 120, 183–185, 208, 231
British Empire 5, 11, 39–40, 91, 93
Bryan, H. 190
‘Builders of Modern India’ 16
Bullhoek massacre 69
businesses 189
see also sugar industry ; trade and traders

C

Calcutta 27–28, 60, 102, 155
Camay, N.A. 198
Canada 1, 5, 6, 70, 77, 85, 94, 115–119
Cape Colony 61
Cape Province 69, 181
Cape Times 172, 211
Cape Town Agreement 6, 162–171, 177, 179, 181, 195, 203
caste 9, 14, 38, 57, 120–121, 185, 196, 224
Catholic Herald of India 119
Cavendish, Victor C.W. see Devonshire, Duke of
Cecil, Robert 81
Central Investigation Department (CID) 54
Chamberlain, Neville 121
character, developing 184
Charan, Ambika 24
Chaturvedi, Benerasidas 14, 147
Chauri Choura 102
Chelmsford, Lord 13, 48, 64, 131
Chennai see Madras
Chief Sikhuni 180
China 77, 81, 82, 91, 94, 95, 100, 121
Chintamani, C.Y. 32, 55
Chirol, Valentine 37, 147
Cholmondeley, Hugh see Delamere, Lord
Christianity 34, 68, 213
Chronicle 109
Churchill, Winston 67, 74, 75, 76, 105, 140
and Kenyan Indians 131, 132, 133, 139
citizenship 15, 69, 77, 111, 144, 156, 230
civil disobedience 4, 102, 156
civilization 129
civilizing mission 5, 7, 47
Civil Service exams 22
Civitas Dei 41
Class Areas Bill 164
coal 159, 160
Cobb, E.Powys 123
colonial and international status 15
colonialism 7, 66
Colony for Africa, A 128
colony in East Africa, proposals for 128–130
coloured Commonwealth 231
‘colourless’ see white people
colour line 11, 145, 150, 204
colour policy (South Africa) 81
common franchise 217
Commonweal 35
Commonwealth of Nations 40
communal franchise 144, 219
communal representation 57
communicative rationality 225
community harmony 25, 68
Companion of Honour 220
compulsory registration 200
Condonation Scheme 197–198, 200–202, 210
Congress-League Scheme 43, 46, 48, 50
Congress Party 50, 141
Conservative Party (Canada) 117, 118
Conservative Party (UK) 51, 53, 132, 134, 135, 154
constitutional politics 14, 35, 42, 43, 68, 146, 223, 227
contribution to WWI 109, 114, 128, 141, 149
‘coolies’ 8, 179, 211, 213, 230
cooperation 10, 24
Corbett, G.L. 64, 66, 85, 103, 163, 169, 172, 173
Coryndon, Robert 123–124, 133, 134, 135
Council of State 67, 174
coup, threatened 123, 124
criminal bills 54
Criminal Law (Emergency Powers) Bill 53
Criminal Law Amendment Bill 53
criticism of Sastri 112, 119–121, 198, 208, 212, 221
Crown Colonies and immigration policies 139
Curtis, Lionel 40, 41, 42, 44, 130, 138
Curzon, Lord 4, 27, 46

D

Das, Chitranjan 153
Das, Taraknath 100, 101, 154
De Bon, Admiral 93
Declaration of Rights 52
Delamere, Lord 123, 126, 135, 140, 143, 145, 219
delegations 53, 55–60, 140
to London about Indian constitution 154
to London about Kenya 135
to South Africa 63, 160, 165, 168
Delhi 47, 53
Desai, Manilal Ambalal 136
detention, indefinite 53
Devadhar, G.K. 178
de Valera, Eamon 69, 72
Devonshire, Duke of 133–134, 138, 143–144
diplomatic representation 7–9, 103, 179, 212, 229, 230, 231
disarmament 85, 88, 90, 92, 97
discrimination 61, 62, 64, 74, 113, 140, 200
disenfanchisement 15
display culture and learning 211
Dnyanaprakash 29
domicile, right of 167, 169, 196
dominion status 97, 108, 221, 226
dominion tour 107
Dove, John 138
Draper, Arthur S. 97
Dual Policy 128
Du Bois, W.E.B. 11
Duke, William 42
Duncan, Patrick 159, 181, 205, 206
Durban 7, 61, 182
Dwarkadas, J. 135, 144
dyarchy 42, 45, 48, 49
Dyer, General Reginald 67
Dyson, J. 190

E

East Africa 61, 76, 124, 127, 129, 217–218
E.A. Indian Congress 131, 208
East African Chronicle 136
East African Standard 124
East Asian origins 121
East European nations 10
‘economic competitors, undesirable’ 145
economic position of Indians 160
Edison, Thomas 88
education 11, 44, 167, 170, 182, 183, 227
in Natal 171, 187–190, 192
and Sastri 23, 25, 29, 36, 39, 44, 58
Education of the South African Native 192
Education Review, The 23
Egypt 40
Eliot, Charles 125
elites 33, 227
Ellis, A.D. 109
emigrate, forced to 195–196
see also assisted emigration
emotional restraint 20
Empire 49
Empire Exhibition 146, 148, 149
Empire Parliamentary Dinner 78
employment 109, 113, 125, 137, 145, 166, 195, 196
English language 8, 9, 22, 91, 110, 121
enlightenment 25
equality 43, 71, 111, 120, 130, 137, 139, 142, 232
equality and justice 73, 78, 109, 184, 185
Essex Hall, London 56
ethnic caricatures 3
eugenicism 11
Evans, Morgan 207
Evening Star 111
eviction from cities 189
evolution and race 41
extremists 34, 35, 43, 48

F

Fabian Society 153, 154
failure 214
families 158, 200, 202
famine relief 29
Far-Eastern Question 94
Feetham, Richard 181
feudal class 126
fire 102, 207
fiscal control 58
fiscal liberty 48
Fisher, H.A.L. 103
‘fitness to rule’ 44, 45
Five Powers Treaty 93–95
Flag Bill 203
forceful registration 200
foreign policy 52
Foucault, Michel 7
Four Powers Treaty 94
fragmentation 154
France 3, 67, 88, 90, 92, 93
franchise 43, 108, 116, 119, 130, 138, 144, 171, 219
fraudulent certificates/entry 197–198, 200
Freedom of the City of Edinburgh 220
Freedom of the City of London 79
freehold grants 126
free passage 168
Free Press 198
friendships 23, 181
Friends of Freedom for India (FFI) 100
funds, raising 29, 188

G

gagging order 115
Gale, Edmund Waller 3
game-hunting 126
Gandhi, M. 14, 23, 49, 60, 121, 136, 177, 201, 225
and Cape Town Agreement 173
imprisoned/released 106, 153
non-cooperation movement 4, 54, 67, 68, 102, 154
philosophy of 32–34, 62, 100
support of Sastri 119, 209, 233–234
Gandhi, Manilal 212
Gandhi-Smuts agreement 166, 196, 200, 201
Gayadeen, Haridas 101
Geddes, Auckland 101
Geneva 80
Gentlemen’s Agreements 11
Germany 38, 39, 92, 93, 94
Germanic Africa 61, 81, 125, 128
Ghadar Party 115
Ghadrites 38
‘Ghetto Act’ 234
Ghose, Aurobindo 27, 28, 30, 34
Ghose, Salindranath 100–101
Gokhale, Gopal Krishna 24–26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 50
Gong, Gerrit 170
Gordon, Corrie 189
Gorman, Daniel 10
Gouin, Lomer 117
Government of India Bill 1919 56, 58–59
Grand Hotel, Pretoria 180
Grant, Madison 11
Greaves, Robert 155
Greco-Turkish War 2, 3
Greece 3
Grigg, Edward 70, 138, 219
Gujranwala 54
Gupta, Krishna 55
Gupte, D. 55

H

Habermas, Jurgen 225
Habibullah, M. 13, 162, 169, 172, 191, 201, 202, 210
Haldane, Richard 73, 154
Hancock, Keith 144
Harding, Warren G. 85, 88
Hardinge, Lord 136, 147
Harris, John 140
Hartals 147
health 24
health/illness 155, 163, 167, 210
Hearst, William 94
Hertzog, J.B.M. 158, 166, 168, 204, 206, 207, 212
and the Balfour Declaration 165
Hilton Young Commission 217–218
Hindu 20, 22, 38
Hindu, The 22, 38, 49, 51, 198
Hindu-Muslim bitterness 21, 28, 211
Hindustan 29, 49, 68
Hitaeveda 29
Hitler, Adolf 11
Hofmeyr, Jan 206
Hollander, F.C. 189
Holy Places 4
Home Rule Movement 34, 39, 46
‘honorary white’ 14
House of Lords 51, 53
housing 170, 171, 182
Hughes, Charles Evans 90–93
Hughes, William 70, 75, 76, 77, 110, 112–114
Hunter Committee 67
Hussain, Syed 79, 100
hut and poll tax 137
Huxley, Elspeth 125

I

Ilbert Bill 1884 134
illegal immigrants 201, 202
Imam, Syed Hasan 52
immigration 109, 120, 132, 138, 144, 145, 197, 200
and Crown Colonies 139
to South Africa 62, 76, 132
Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEIC) 124
Imperial Conferences 6, 64, 68, 70–79, 146, 148–149
‘Imperial Envoy’ 119
Imperial Legislative Council 29
Imperial War Conference 62
indentured labour 61, 188
independence 139, 221
Independent 79
India 5, 12–16, 43, 83, 174
education in 44–45
independence 221, 226–227
Indian National Congress 10, 14, 24–26, 34, 35, 43, 59, 153, 221
rights of Indians abroad 63, 66, 70, 72, 77, 111
views held of Indians 118, 127–128, 135
see also Agent to South Africa ; Kenyan Indians ; South African Indians
India 29
India in Transition 128
Indian Opinion 192, 208, 212
Indian Overseas 147
Indian Patriot 49
Indian Review, The 23
Indian Social Reformer 120, 212
Indian Views 200
India Office 66, 103, 139, 159, 174
India Review 6
indigenous peoples 114, 125
individual and community 184
individual conduct 211
Indo-European Association 47, 50
industrial education 192
inequality 148
see also equality
‘inferior race’ 42
institution-builder 23
intellectuals 23
international actor 98, 120
international conferences 85
international institutions 10
International Missionary Council 140
Ireland 38, 69, 72, 103, 226
example of 34, 47, 52, 75, 99, 123
‘irreducible minimums’ 132
Irwin, Lord 13, 161, 162, 173, 175, 192, 210, 217
Is Japan a Menace to Asia? 100
Islamization 2
Ismaili community 124
Italy 3, 90, 92, 93
Iyer, V. Krishnaswami 23, 27, 30, 32, 35

J

Jabavu, John T. 212
Jagadisan, T.N 16, 221, 233
Jallianwala Bagh 54
Japan 11, 14, 39, 75, 77, 118, 120, 121
fear of 85, 88, 94, 98, 100, 114
Five Powers Treaty 90, 91, 95
Japanese Invasion 94
Jayakar, M.R. 32
Jeevanjee, Alibhai Mulla 128, 136
Jewish people 4, 105, 191
Jinnah 49, 53, 56–57, 59, 159, 176
Johannesburg 180
Johnston, Harry 125
Jones, H.G. 135, 140
judiciary 156
Justice 36
justice, recourse to 53
justice and welfare 41
Justice Party 36, 47, 57, 212

K

Kajee, A.I. 171
Kamala Lectures 155
Kamat, B.S. 55, 135
Kantian morality 223
Kato, Vice Admiral 92
Kavirondo 139
Kelkar, N.C. 38
Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928 11
Kemal, Mustapha 2
Kennedy, Dane 125
Kenya 6, 12, 105, 123–130, 131, 218
Kenyan Africans 139
Kenyan Highlands 130, 132, 133, 144
Kenyan Indians 11, 14, 136–144, 145–150, 219
White Paper 144–145
Kerr, Philip 138
Kershaw, Louis 139, 159, 160
Kesari 48, 50
khadi 154
Khilafat movement 4, 67, 68
Kichlu, Kailas P. 189, 190, 192
Kikuyu 139
Kimberley Conference 199
King, W.L. Mackenzie 115, 118
Klerksdorp 207
Komagata Maru incident 5, 115, 116
Kondana Rao, P. 16, 165, 176, 214
Koo, Wellington 82
Korea 100
Kunzru, H.N. 37, 55
Kutch, Maharao of 66, 75, 79

L

labour 116, 120, 125, 137, 166, 188
Labour Party (Australia) 111, 113
Labour Party (UK) 147, 153, 154, 219
Ladner, Leon 117
Lake, Marilyn 108
land given to whites 126
landownership denied 137
Law College 20
Leader, The 49, 59, 119, 212
League of Nations 6, 10, 62, 71, 80–83
lectures 183, 208, 220, 221
Lee, Lord 93
legacy 7
Legislative Assembly 36, 37, 67, 132, 147
legislature 46
Leys, Norman 137
Liberal Party (Canada) 117
Liberal Party (India) 14, 106, 147, 149
Liberal Party (UK) 153
liberal politics 9, 24, 49, 60, 206, 223–225, 227
ideas of liberalism 155–158
liberal internationalism 10, 12, 231
library building 29
Lidgett, John A. 189, 191
life-threatening situations 101–102, 179, 206–207
Lindsay, Darcy 163
Liquor Bill 1925 203–204
Lloyd George, D. 46, 61, 70, 72, 74, 77, 91–92, 133
London, delegations to 53, 55–60, 65
Loram, Charles 192–193
Los Angeles Times 2
Lourenço Marques 179
low-incomes 196
Lusitania 93
luxurious living 65–66

M

MacDonald, Ramsay 142, 153, 154, 219
MacKelvie, John A. 118
Madhava Rao, V.P. 38
Madras 19, 22, 23, 36, 51, 233
Madras Times, The 23
Mahratta 50
Malan, Daniel F. 158, 166, 168–171, 182, 197, 205
Malaviya, Madan Mohan 51, 53, 59
Malaya 220
Manchester Guardian 137, 139, 147, 174
mandates issue 113–114
Manitoba Free Press 2, 3
manual labour, dignity of 33
Marxist doctrine 223
massacres 2, 54, 69
Massey, William 70, 75, 77, 110, 114
mass movements 60, 68, 224
Masterton-Smith, James 138
Mayo, Katherine 191
McCormick, Frederick 94
medicinal use of opium 82
Mehta, Pherozeshah 22, 27, 30, 35
Meighen, Arthur 70, 107, 117
Menace of Japan, The 94
merchant-politicians 136
Meston, James 56
Meyer, William 42, 63, 80
military considerations 39, 123, 133
Mill, J.S. 224
Milner, Alfred 131, 132
miners, striking 62
mining rights 110
Mitter, Benode 55
‘model Indian’ 120
moderates 2, 24, 43, 50
moksha 25
Montagu, Edwin 4, 6, 63, 105, 106, 128, 131, 132
and policy in India 45–47
working with 58–59
Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms see Montford reforms
Montford reforms 48–55, 58–60, 130, 153, 177, 212
Montreal Gazette 117
Moonje, B.S. 50
Moplah 68, 101
moral high ground 147
moral rights 156
Morison, Theodore 128–130
Morley-Minto Reforms 29
Morning Post 47, 51, 146
Motan, Habib 210
Mother Nation 191
Mukherji, Sarat 101
Murray, Gilbert 81
Muslims 4, 5, 27, 35, 43, 67, 99
Must We Fight Japan? 94

N

Naidu, Sarojini 39, 176
Nair, T.M. 36, 47
Nairobi 123
Nandi 139
Nandy, Ashis 223
Naoroji, Dadabhai 28
Natal 61, 171, 181, 182, 199
Natal Advertiser 207
Natal Mercury 189, 203
Natal Witness 192
Natarajan, Kalathmika 8
Natesan, G.A. 23
National Conference, Delhi 142
nationalists 105, 106, 110, 119, 130, 137, 139
National Liberal Federation 5, 60
National Party 158, 179, 182, 203
nation building 25
native diplomat 7–8
‘native interests,’ speaking for 135
naval downsizing 90, 92, 93
negotiation and compromise 49–50, 228, 231
Nehru, Jawaharlal Autobiography 119
Nehru, Motilal 119, 159, 221, 226, 227
Neumann, Iver 7
new constitution in Kenya 127
New Guinea 113
New India 35, 48, 51
New Japanese Peril, The 94
New Zealand 6, 70, 85, 94, 109–114, 113, 119
New Zealand Herald 110
Nile 125
Non-Brahmin Movement 36
non-cooperation movement 4, 102, 146, 224
Northey, Edward 126

O

Observatory Hill 175
O’Dwyer, Michael 67
old age pensions 109, 110, 113
Oldham, J.H. 140
Oliver, John 116
Olivier, Sydney 153
Ons Vaderland 179
opium trade 80–83
oppression, ruthless 54
see also repressive measures
Orange Free State 61, 181
oratory 8, 29, 36, 56, 78, 99, 103, 121, 227
Osborne, Sidney 94
Ottoman Empire 4
outcastes 57
Outlook, The 136
overcrowding 189
Overseas Association 136
ownership restrictions 158
Oxford 4

P

Pacific affairs 85
Pacific Coast of the US 115
Pacific dominions 11
Paddison, G.F. 160, 163
Pal, Bipin Chandra 27, 28
Pandian, M.S.S. 186
Panjabee 49
Paranjpe, R.P. 50
parents 19
Paris Peace Conference 52, 75
Parliament Dinner on Kenya 140
Parsi community 102
partition 221, 226
‘passenger Indians’ 61
Passing of the Great Race, The 11
passive resistance 33
pastoral life 192
Patel, M.I. 198
Patel, Vithalbhai 37, 52, 56
peace 6, 10, 11, 97, 221, 233
Pedi 180
Peel, Lord 13, 133, 139, 147
Pentland, Lord 35
people’s power 39
perpetual bondage 137
Phelps-Stokes Commission 193
Pim, Howard 213
Pioneer 49
Pirow, Oswald 179
Pitkin,Walter 94
plague 29
Plowman, George 188
Polak, H.S.L. 13, 55, 59, 65, 119, 132, 174
Polak, Millie 150
political education 33
political landscape 38
political reforms 5, 36, 39, 47, 67, 106, 219–220
Pope, Joseph 1, 115
popular politics 39, 60, 224
Portugese settlers 123
post-war tensions 121
Prasad, Rajendra 32
‘Present Political Situation in India’ 79
presidency, dispute over the 29–30
Pretoria 180
Pretoria News 213
princely states 13, 35, 38
Prince of Wales Empire Tour 86, 102, 105
Pring, H. 180
prison and prisoners 53, 59, 101, 106, 153, 196
Privy Councillor 8, 105, 146, 177
progressive changes 67
propaganda in England 50–51
public health commission 189
public life, spiritualized 25
public pressure 195
‘public school boy’s colony’ 126
Punjab 54, 59, 64, 67, 99

Q

Queen’s Hall 142, 143
Queensland 108
quota systems 138

R

race and evolution 41, 185, 232
racial discrimination 11, 38, 140, 144, 145, 150, 185, 195
racial equality 1, 6, 8, 48, 74, 75
racial purity 14, 185
racial segregation see segregation
racism 2, 61, 78, 108, 227
and Sastri 193, 209–210, 232
radicals 4, 24, 27, 30, 34, 50, 60, 107, 115
Rai, Lal Lajpat 27, 28, 34, 68
Railway Committee 64
Ramayana 221, 234
Ranade, M.G. 25
Ranade Memorial 29
Rao, Ramachandra 49, 55, 57, 59
rational argument 223
Reading, Lord 4, 13, 105, 106, 121, 124, 154
and the Asiatic Bill (SA) 159, 160
reappraisal of Sastri 163
rebellion 68, 123, 132, 133
reception of Sastri 99, 112, 136, 188
recession 11
Reddi, Kurma Venkata 57, 212
registration certificates 197, 200, 201
Reid, Matthew 164
‘religion of whiteness’ 108
religious persecution 2
repatriation 73, 124, 158, 160, 161, 166–169, 213
Repington, Charles 90
repressive measures 53, 54, 102, 134, 154, 159
‘reserves’ 126
resettlement plan 125
‘responsible government’ 46
retaliation 146–147
Reuters 137
revolutionaries 38, 54, 100, 123, 223, 226
Reynolds, Henry 108
Ricketts, Claude Stanley 175, 214
Rift Valley 125
rights 43, 73, 156, 191, 232
Rights and Duties of Indian Citizens 155
riots 102
see also rebellion
Ripon, Lord 134
Rising Tide of Colour, The 11
rituals, observance of 19
Roberts, Charles 147
Robertson, Benjamin 63
Roos, Tielman 203, 204, 205
Round Table Movement 40, 69, 138
Rowlatt, Sydney 53–55
Roy, P.C. 55
Royal Air Force 62
Royal Commission 177, 178
Russia 4, 94, 226

S

sacramental bond 40, 130
‘sacred union’ 11
Sadler, Michael 56
Salem 21–22
Samarth, N.M. 55, 58
Samoa 113
sanitation 171, 183, 189
Sanskrit scriptures 19
sanyas 25
Sanyasi, Bhawani Dayal 196
Sapru, Tej Bahadur 13, 52, 63, 138, 147, 148–149
Sarma, B.N. 36, 147
Sarraut, Albert 92
Sarvadhikary, Deva Prasad 159, 160
Sastri
in Australia and New Zealand 107–114
in Canada 115–119
early life, family 19–24, 37, 87, 103, 178, 220, 227
and the Imperial Conference 64, 68, 71–79
and Kenyan Indians 136–144, 145–150, 218–219
and the League of Nations 79–83
in London 53–59, 219–220
in Washington 89–94, 95–100
Sastri College, Durban 7, 193–194
Sastri Hall, Annamalai University 7
Satyamurti, S. 38
scholar-statesman 6, 228
Schonken, 204
Schuur, Groote 168
Scott, C.P. 62
Scott, Francis 141
seas, domination of the 39
Sedition Committee 53
segregation 11, 62, 127, 131, 144, 158, 166, 167
Selborne, Lord 56
self-determination 10, 52, 154
self-discipline 25
self-government 35, 41, 46, 52, 69, 127, 131, 139
serfdom 137
Servants of India 49, 51
Servants of India Society 24, 25–26, 31–32, 43, 178
Sethna, Phiroze 163, 176
Seton, Malcolm 143
sex 136, 185–186
Shakespeare Hut 79
Shaw, George Bernard 88, 153
Shimla 175
ships 90
shooting, mass 69
Sikhs 3, 5, 116
Simon Commission 205
Sinha, Lord 56, 67, 105, 171
Sircar, Nilratan 155
Sivaswamy Iyer, P. 60
‘slaves of the nation’ 57
slave trade 125
Smith, Charles 182
Smuts, Jan 16, 61, 142, 144, 205, 206, 234
and the Bullhoek massacre 69
and the Imperial Conferences 71, 72, 74–78, 148–149
and Kenya 134, 143
social causes 228
social Darwinism 125
social life 67, 181
social mobility 14
social rights 191
South Africa 6, 14, 40, 61, 76, 81, 148, 220
Asiatic Bill 158–165
Cape Town Agreement 165–170
‘Ghetto Act’ 234
Indian population 111
and Kenya 126, 143
South African League 62
South African Party 182, 213
South African Indians 61, 69, 171, 174, 177, 181–187
and the Asiatic Bill (SA) 158–165
and assisted emigration 195–196
Cape Town Agreement 165–170
Congress and Federation 159, 197–199, 208, 212
and education 187–194
South West Africa 61, 81, 114
sovereignty 12, 128, 180, 230
speeches 56, 59, 66–67, 71, 78–79, 82, 115, 145, 155
in Australia and New Zealand 109–110
on Kenyan issue 141–142, 149
in South Africa 183, 185, 202–203, 207
‘spinning franchise’ 154
Srinivas, M.N. 8
Srinivastra Hall, Chennai 7
SS Kaiser-e-Hind 64
SS Karapura 165
SS Karoa 176, 179, 215
SS Makura 115
SS Manora 37, 55
SS Olympic 85
SS Ormonde 108
Statesman 49
Steed, William 91
Steiner, F. 94
Stent, Vera 213
Stephens, A.G. 110, 112
Stoddard, Lothrop 11
St Stephen’s College, Delhi 149
submarines 92–93
Suez 125
sugar industry 109, 113, 182, 188, 195
Sullivan, Mark 91
‘Surat split’ 29–30
surveillance 54, 55
Swadesamitran 16, 49, 221
‘swamping, fear of ‘ 62
Swaraj Party 14
Swarijists 153
Sydenham, Lord 47, 49, 51, 56
Sykes, Charles Henry 2
sympathy for Indian rights 108

T

Taft, William 88
Tagore, Rabindranath 210
Tamil Brahmins 14, 16
Tanganyika 62, 114
taxes 97, 99, 137, 190–191
Taylor, A.J.P. 126
teacher training 188, 192–194
teaching 19, 21
Theosophical Society 142, 164, 180
Tilak, Bal Gangadhar 24, 28, 30, 37, 38, 48, 56, 60
exiled 31, 34
Times, The 77, 82, 91, 135
Times of India, The 49, 124, 147
torture 101
Toynbee, Arthur 40
trade and traders 95, 120, 124, 145, 158, 161, 166
trade licensing 62, 204
transnational white solidarity 230
Transvaal 61, 62, 181, 195, 196, 204
Transvaal Indian Association (TBIA) 198, 199
Treaty of Sevres 4
Tribune 49, 52
Triplicane Co-operative Society 24
Triplicane Literary Society 23
Turkey 2, 4, 5, 67, 99
Tyson, John 175, 178, 193–194, 203, 214, 215

U

Ugandan Railway 124, 125
Union of South Africa see South Africa
United Nations 234
United States of America 11, 12, 39, 52, 88, 93, 103
universal equality 78
University of Leeds 56
Unknown Soldier, The (Washington) 88–89
upliftment 25, 167, 169–171, 181–182, 209, 213, 220

V

Valangaiman 19
Vancouver Sun 116–117
Varma, B.S. 136
Venn, Harry N. 179
Viceroy, the 143, 147, 160, 164, 175, 214, 219
Viceroys Executive Council 48, 56, 65, 67, 219
Victoria Daily Times 1
Vijayaraghavachari, C. 21–22, 36, 49
violence 68, 102, 154, 224, 226
Virjee, Hussinbhai S 136
voluntary repatriation see repatriation
voting 156

W

Wacha, Dinshaw 49, 50, 174
wages 220
waiters 203
Wales 62
war committees 221
war veterans, votes for 116
Washington Conference 6, 85, 89–94, 95–100
Washington Four Powers’ Treaty 15
Washington Times, The 88
Watson, Gordon 190, 192, 193
Webb, Sidney 153
Wedderburn, William 35
Wedgwood, Josiah 147
welfare functions 167, 170, 183
Wells, H.G. 88, 97
West African colonies 128
West Australian 110
Western Australia 108
‘western standard of life’ 167, 169–170, 171
Wheatley, Philip 123, 124
White Paper, Kenya 144–145, 147, 150
white people 11, 40, 74, 120, 140, 218, 230
and the British Commonwealth 69
in Kenya 123, 124, 125, 127, 132, 133, 139
white dominions 12, 42, 76, 110–116, 136, 166
whiteness and civilization 108, 170
white supremacists 115, 135, 142, 158
Wigram, Colonel K. 85
Wilson, Woodrow 10, 12, 52, 88, 219
Wilson Harris, H. 82
Wilson’s Fourteen Points 100
Winterton, Lord 139, 143, 147
Wood, Edward see Irwin, Lord
Wood, Lord 133
Wood-Winterton Agreement 133–134, 136
working-class settlers 126, 137
world economy 11
world peace see peace ; sugar industry
World War I 6, 10, 38, 43, 61, 127, 128
contribution to 39, 54, 109, 114, 128, 141, 149
World War II 226
writings 221

Y

YMCA London 79
Young India 63, 174

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Cover India’s First Diplomat
India’s First Diplomat
V.S. Srinivasa Sastri and the Making of Liberal Internationalism
Author:
Vineet Thakur