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The conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir has not only blighted their relationship, destroyed the legendary tranquillity of the valley but has and is a major threat to world peace. It is not sufficiently realized that the roots of this unhappy set of circumstances lies in the history of Kashmir as a princely state. It was the only such entity of significance during the British period where a largely Muslim population was ruled by Hindu line of princes who were not generous or sympathetic in their attitudes. Relationships were strained between the British Raj and the Maharaja and between him and his subjects from the first, but they exploded into violence in the years of developing nationalism after the First World War and particularly after partition.
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Dr. Robert A. Huttenback received his doctorate in 1959 from UCLA. His academic field of concentration is the history of the British Empire and the Commonwealth, with special emphasis on India. He conducted research throughout the former British Empire under the auspices of the Fulbright Commission, the Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation, the American Institute of Indian Studies, the Social Science Research Council, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is the author of seven books and countless articles, papers and reviews. Dr. Huttenback was associated with the California Institute of Technology for twenty years. He held the rank of Professor of History, and the administrative posts of Master of Student Houses, Dean of Students, and Chairman of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. In 1977, Dr. Huttenback was appointed the Chancellor of the University of California at Santa Barbara and is a senior professor of history.
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Dr. Robert A. Huttenback received his doctorate in 1959 from UCLA. His academic field of concentration is the history of the British Empire and the Commonwealth, with special emphasis on India. He conducted research throughout the former British Empire under the auspices of the Fulbright Commission, the Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation, the American Institute of Indian Studies, the Social Science Research Council, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is the author of seven books and countless articles, papers and reviews. Dr. Huttenback was associated with the California Institute of Technology for twenty years. He held the rank of Professor of History, and the administrative posts of Master of Student Houses, Dean of Students, and Chairman of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. In 1977, Dr. Huttenback was appointed the Chancellor of the University of California at Santa Barbara and is a senior professor of history.
... a hundred-year history of Kashmir till 1947, and is bound to help many to see the happenings there in their historical perspective ... Dr Huttenback has produced a flowing and readable account while maintaining the scholarly touch that is so essential in a book of such a kind. The Star Weekend, Pakistan
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- PublisherOxford University Press, USA
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0195799674
- ISBN 13 9780195799675
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages200
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