The office akhbar nawis: the transition from Mughal to British forms

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The changes in the position of akhbar nawis during the transition from Mughal to British rule in India are recounted. Akhbar nawis were newswriters which the Mughal empire employed to gather and report desired information. They were originally the court diarists of the Mughal emperors who were in charge of recording important events and information. The information they collated were collectively known as akhbarat. The East India Company modified the information-gathering of the akhbar nawis, an institution which continues to this day.

Information services, Journalism, Mogul Empire

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Representations of India, the English East India Company, and self by an eighteenth-century Indian emigrant to Britain

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Dean Mahomet served under British East India Company as an officer in the Bengal Army for 15 years, and then emigrated to Ireland in 1784 where he began writing his biography about his political life and revolution in India. He wrote directly to the European society with the aim of evaluating the Indian society, the British Company, and his British readers in light of his own experiences, values, and social position.

Behavior, Indian history, Colonies, British colonies, Mahomet, Dean

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Indian political representations in Britain during the transition to colonialism

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The transition to colonialism led Indian royalty interests to be directly represented by various Indian diplomatic initiatives to London, who gained valuable intelligence about Britain and the nature of colonialism. Though the Indian missions influenced the British policies and gained substantial financial benefits, they had to suffer expense, both financial and in terms of their dignity, before British authorities.

United Kingdom, Public affairs, India, Social aspects, Political aspects, British colonialism

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