The Company Quartet | William Dalrymple introduced by Shashi Tharoor | Jaipur Literature Festival
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- The Company Quartet | William Dalrymple introduced by Shashi Tharoor | Jaipur Literature Festival | Presented by Mahindra World City
The conquest of India that is the pillar of British Imperialism, is in truth the more sinister story of a dangerously unregulated private company, with a small office and five windows in the city of London, which replaced the Mughal Empire and came to be the first global corporate power. William Dalrymple’s multi-award-winning histories, two decades of meticulous research and masterful narration, are available in the essential collection, The Company Quartet, and trace these two hundred years of tumultuous colonial history, covert political machinations and bloody resistance. It includes four spellbinding books - The Anarchy, White Mughals, Return of a King and The Last Mughal. William Dalrymple, introduced by bestselling author and politician, Shashi Tharoor. A session on his remarkable career, visceral, decades-long study of India, and the process of writing the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of the East India Company.
William Dalrymple is one of Britain’s great historians and the bestselling author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals, The Last Mughal, which won the Duff Cooper Prize, and the Hemingway and Kapuściński Prize-winning Return of a King. His most recent book, The Anarchy, was long listed for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2019, among others. A frequent broadcaster, he has written and presented three television series, one of which won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series at BAFTA. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and writes regularly for The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The Guardian. In 2018, he was presented with the prestigious President’s Medal by the British Academy for his outstanding literary achievement and for co-founding the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Shashi Tharoor, a third-term Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, is the bestselling author of twenty-three books, both fiction and non-fiction, besides being a former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and a former Minister of State for Human Resource Development and for External Affairs in the Government of India.. He has won numerous awards, including the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Crossword Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2019, he was also awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in the category of English Non-Fiction for his book, An Era of Darkness.
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I just realized I like listening to history more than reading about it 🤔 it seems quite dry on the pages with all the facts and figures.
My fav leader ..multitalented
The present government tries to negate the tremendous contributions of the Mughals in the subcontinent particularly in today’s India. Though Dr Shashi Tharoor had tried to explain in many of his books about the role and achievements of the Mughals, Mr William Dalrymple makes it clear in his two decades of research work the great legacy of Mughal period. Thank you Sir for doing great justice to the Mughlas by highlighting their genuine contributions to the overall development of the Indo-Pak subcontinent.
The Mughal were responsible for religious loot and murder of india faith and hence they are not respected by hindus. For example i am your boss, i keep you employed and safe ,pay you salary but at every pretence humiliated you for your belief, religious identity. How will you feel? The Hindu felt the same under the Mughals or any other Muslim rulers. You loved with us but never respected our religious identity
Guptas ended way back in 500CE. But even in 1000CE, Indian economy was the largest in the world at 1/3 rd of the global trade. In fact, the following dynasties almost rivalling the guptas, maghadas etc ruled India contibuting to very high wealth generation till islam entered in 1200CE :
pallavas 6 to 9 th century, chalukyas 6 to 12 th century, rastrakutas 6 to 10 th century , Cholas 10 to 12 th century, hoysalas 12 to 14 th century
And then many muslim invaders attacked and looted india from 1000CE onwards, notable example being, gazni looted Somnath temple in 1026CE couple of times. Thus looting continued till finally mughals establised in delhi. this broght some stability but not exactly riches because they did not bring anything from their native land. After mughals also there was something for british to steal to british museum.
Yes, mughals contributed something to indian economy from 1500CE onwards till british came. but it was insignificant compared to before they came. In fact India lost its leadership position in global trade during their reign and was bottom of the charts by 1700CE onwards. (sources : wiki)
@@riyadougla539 🤣🤣Mughals were weakned by local rulers like marathas and sikhs, Muslims always our enemy more than british
MUGHAL RULERS ARE NOT ALL THE SAME. SIMILARLY ALL HINDU KINGS WERE NOT THE SAME ORDINARY PEOPLE WANTED PEACE AND RULE OF LAW.SOME RULERS WERE BETTER IN DISPENSING JUSTICE.Those who glorify Shibaji maharaj will be sad to know that maratha army after Shibaji became undisciplined and robbed huge area of Bengal and orissa.Alibardi Khan brought them under control.
7:0 William Dalrymple excellently describe the conditions of India in brief which lead to anarchy.
Guptas ended way back in 500CE. But even in 1000CE, Indian economy was the largest in the world at 1/3 rd of the global trade. In fact, the following dynasties almost rivalling the guptas, maghadas etc ruled India contibuting to very high wealth generation till islam entered in 1200CE :
pallavas 6 to 9 th century, chalukyas 6 to 12 th century, rastrakutas 6 to 10 th century , Cholas 10 to 12 th century, hoysalas 12 to 14 th century
And then many muslim invaders attacked and looted india from 1000CE onwards, notable example being, gazni looted Somnath temple in 1026CE couple of times. Thus looting continued till finally mughals establised in delhi. this broght some stability but not exactly riches because they did not bring anything from their native land. After mughals also there was something for british to steal to british museum.
Yes, mughals contributed something to indian economy from 1500CE onwards till british came. but it was insignificant compared to before they came. In fact India lost its leadership position in global trade during their reign and was bottom of the charts by 1700CE onwards. (sources : wiki)
Very fascinating narration and discussion.....
A magnificent session-extremely interesting as I am certain that most of us viewers got a true picture of some very important unknown and untold historical facts. My deepest gratitude to Mr William for his excellent and praiseworthy research work on the topic and thanks to Dr Tharoor for his wonderful conduct of the session.🙏🙏🙏
Would the speakers have been offended, if the camera, instead of being on them, had spent more time on the screen displaying the slides?
Not at all, it was not supposed to be a televised event at all. It was just a public event that happened to be recorded by people who think CZcams viewers like watching famous faces than PowerPoint slides.
When will netflix make a series out of these?
Netflix is woke and broke now. Their series will have a black british east India company officer falling in love with a persian origin mughal prince, a chinese spy and women assassins- all set in Delhi in the 17th century . So no Netflix produced series thankyou. Lets have a company that is true to history produce it.
You and your obsession with Netflix
It won't unless it is against India and it's culture
In your narrative, most of nawabs owed allegiance and paid homage to British rulers, how many if at all paid a stiff resistance to white rule or the tax regime, considering it was a loot. Did they even communicate amongst themselves or just meekly look upon the loot of fabric spices and precious commodities considering there were isolated princely states who lived to tell the tale.
There were wars fought in the country but roughly at the same time there were battles fought elsewhere for the colonies in Americas and even on the Continent. Did they move troops or was there privatisation of troops who fought in the wars without knowing on which side they were fighting for or was the army so large to maintain separate forts everywhere.
Is there any record of or research into just how much the rest of the world the EIC (disguised as the British Empire) has colonized through trade, meaning especially markets and countries not traditionally considered British colonies, like Hungary for example? The amount of secrecy around their impact is mindblowing. This phase of history and its impact should be discussed in schools and universities to the same depth as the Empire's political expansion or the industrial revolution in general (which, too, should be discussed not as something dead in the past but rather something that still impacts international relations to this day). It is a shame how one can go through university education with only a single mention of the South Sea Bubble (guess because it's name is catchy?) but no mention of the East India what-so-ever.
I hope the answer to this secrecy is not that "why should those who are not taking part in the actual workings of the company know about that it ever existed in the first place? Those who got rich through it (or suffered from it...) know about it and that's how it should be", but I guess that's exactly the idea behind the rich club's pr.
The EIC has been largely forgotten. The company that single-handledly changed the world forever.
small correction to william's initial remark. india did not become rich under mughal rule but rather it was so long before mughals came, In fact that is the reason, mughals came to india in the first place.
Guptas had gone long before Mughals. Vijayanagar had fallen by 1565. The large and stable Mughal empire did enhance trade and increase the wealth of the country.
@@magnusnotcarlsen3241
Guptas ended way back in 500CE. But even in 1000CE, Indian economy was the largest in the world at 1/3 rd of the global trade. In fact, the following dynasties almost rivalling the guptas, maghadas etc ruled India contibuting to very high wealth generation till islam entered in 1200CE :
pallavas 6 to 9 th century, chalukyas 6 to 12 th century, rastrakutas 6 to 10 th century , Cholas 10 to 12 th century, hoysalas 12 to 14 th century
And then many muslim invaders attacked and looted india from 1000CE onwards, notable example being, gazni looted Somnath temple in 1026CE couple of times. Thus looting continued till finally mughals establised in delhi. this broght some stability but not exactly riches because they did not bring anything from their native land. After mughals also there was something for british to steal to british museum.
Yes, mughals contributed something to indian economy from 1500CE onwards till british came. but it was insignificant compared to before they came. In fact India lost its leadership position in global trade during their reign and was bottom of the charts by 1700CE onwards. (sources : wiki)
can you pls say at what point william utters that remark. so that i can verify for myself
@@nirvanabliss73
Somewhere along, he mentions the fact. You may please check the exact remark.
@@rd-tk6js I listened to the entire lecture. William D only mentions that behind the money and wealth during the Mughal era, lay astonishing production machine. He does not compare it to prior times etc. but is only talking about Mughal times
Guptas ended way back in 500CE. But even in 1000CE, Indian economy was the largest in the world at 1/3 rd of the global trade. In fact, the following dynasties almost rivalling the guptas, maghadas etc ruled India contibuting to very high wealth generation till islam entered in 1200CE :
pallavas 6 to 9 th century, chalukyas 6 to 12 th century, rastrakutas 6 to 10 th century , Cholas 10 to 12 th century, hoysalas 12 to 14 th century
And then many muslim invaders attacked and looted india from 1000CE onwards, notable example being, gazni looted Somnath temple in 1026CE couple of times. Thus looting continued till finally mughals establised in delhi. this broght some stability but not exactly riches because they did not bring anything from their native land. After mughals also there was something for british to steal to british museum.
Yes, mughals contributed something to indian economy from 1500CE onwards till british came. but it was insignificant compared to before they came. In fact India lost its leadership position in global trade during their reign and was bottom of the charts by 1700CE onwards. (sources : wiki) -- RAJESH
Please read Dr Shashi Tharoor’s books in order to get out of your contradictions regarding the contributions of the Mughals in making the subcontinent the greatest Kingdom in every respect compared to Asoka and the Chandraguptas.
I'm a fan of William and enjoy his style of writing.. But somehow i feel that he undermines Hinduism in a very subtle way.. A learned historian like him completely disregards the wealth created by the Sanatani, which the Mughals had come to plunder and loot.
Please elaborate on this so that we can benefit from your findings
I fully agree with you. i have a comment to the same effect above.
Guptas ended way back in 500CE. But even in 1000CE, Indian economy was the largest in the world at 1/3 rd of the global trade. In fact, the following dynasties almost rivalling the guptas, maghadas etc ruled India contibuting to very high wealth generation till islam entered in 1200CE :
pallavas 6 to 9 th century, chalukyas 6 to 12 th century, rastrakutas 6 to 10 th century , Cholas 10 to 12 th century, hoysalas 12 to 14 th century
And then many muslim invaders attacked and looted india from 1000CE onwards, notable example being, gazni looted Somnath temple in 1026CE couple of times. Thus looting continued till finally mughals establised in delhi. this broght some stability but not exactly riches because they did not bring anything from their native land. After mughals also there was something for british to steal to british museum.
Yes, mughals contributed something to indian economy from 1500CE onwards till british came. but it was insignificant compared to before they came. In fact India lost its leadership position in global trade during their reign and was bottom of the charts by 1700CE onwards. (sources : wiki)
Never ever trust invaders or Ghoras. I live in LOndon. They both destroyed us and still doing it. Watch Rocketry movie.
Who looted India more the British or the Muslims? If the British did not colonize India, India would have turned into an Islamic country. Muslims looted India more than the British starting with Mohamed Ghori. Islamic invasion was more brutal and destructive to Hindu culture. Many historic Hindu temples were demolished, and many Hindus were converted to Islam. We cannot forget the destruction of Nalanda and other great universities. Sarnath where Buddha first taught Dharma was sacked by Muhammad Ghori. Think about Nadir Shah who looted 8000wagons of jewels including the peacock throne and the Kohinoor diamond.
Sashi Tharoor and others argue that the Mughals did not leave India unlike the British and "became part of us" but that is not a good argument. I wish Sashi Tharoor and other Indian historians honestly speak and write about the Islamic invasion and the damage to Indian culture.
Shashi is wasting his time in congress! What a waste! Lol
He dont think like u, better dont tell where he should be.
@@velveter Congress is a dead party (Mama Miano ruined it), he doesn't need to think like me! I have the right to express my opinion just like you.
@@thestoryofindia9357 i understand i never said that u dont have right, u do but his idealogy & way of living is about congress, i know that party is dead better he leave the politics job & go for some higher positions
@@velveter politics is a high job. Only sad that tricksters and megalomanics have recently come to define it completely with no room for others. Where is Monkey talk... Where is this talk!
Shashi can join Aap or BJP or BJP if he wants. Current Congress is a mess and not worth to invest one's life to save it . Congress can only be saved if the Gandhi family is asked to leave or banished the party. I doubt sincerely that a vibhishan in Congress supplied material to dr Subramanian Swamy to kill off gandhi hold in Congress.
William dalryample a brilliant writer but not good orator
He is a good orator in his own right. It's just that he is sitting next to the best of them all.
Too much humanization of inhuman and barbaric slavery of a foreign population. East India company was a crime against humanity.
But we are being told to look at an imagined world of kumbaya.
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