Ep. 38: How to Build a Nation
Narayani Basu joins Hamsini Hariharan to talk about VP Menon and the process of consolidating 565 princely states into modern India. Read More: Liberty or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division – Patrick French Twilight of the maharajas – Kenneth Samuel Fitze The Great Divide: Britain--India—Pakistan – HV Hodson The Princely India I Knew – Conrad Corfield The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 – Piers Brendon An Indian Summer: A Personal Experience of India – James Cameron For questions or comments, reach out to the host @HamsiniH on Twitter or on Instagram @statesofanarchy. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app
