Open Letters to Lord Curzon and Speeches and Papers

An authentic work that deals with the economic history of India, the volume comprises a nationalist intellectuals during an outspoken challenge to the British Viceroy through his letters and writings on the drawbacks of the British system of land tenure and taxation, famine and mal administration. Four papers on Indian epics and Hindu religion and philosophy enhance the value of the book.The present volume comprises his speeches and writings on Indian questions, during 1897-1902 and also includes his letters to the then Viceroy Lord Curzon on Indian famines and land tenures. In these speeches and writings he has discussed, threadbare, the causes of famines/ drawbacks of the British system of land tenure and Taxation and suggested fruitful remedies. The contents of this volume not only are very authentic source material for the study of the economic History of India, but also provide ample guidelines for the present policy makers and administrators. The volume also contains four papers on Indian epics and Hindu Religion and philosophy., Romesh Ch. Dutt (1848-1909) is one of the brightest stars in the galaxy of nineteenth century Indian thinkers both in literature and contemporary politico-economic conditions. His innumerable writings on India's economic conditions under the British rule, as well as on the cultural heritage of this country are too well known to need any fresh introduction. He waged a protracted intellectual war against the wrong policies and mismanagement of the rulers, which caused repeated famines in different parts of India and innumerable hardships to common people. Besides writing quite A Few volumes on those subjects, he delivered many important speeches and presented many thought-provoking papers both in India and in England. He also carried on correspondence with British administrators to press on them his suggestions for redress. D.N. GUPTA teaches history at Hindu College, Delhi. He is at present working on CPI and The Indian National Moveme