Raj Orators : Speeches Of Eminent Indian During The Raj

The English oration of eminent Idnian during the British Raj contain hidden treasures. The book digs them out of the their unmerited obscurity and anthologiezes some thirty-eight of them for their extraordinary richeness as literature, politcal philosophy and as source material for history. In addition, it is the first time ever history of Indian eloquence in English. It is of interest to the initiated and the scholarly as well as to the assorted crowd of readers who peer into a book of pleasure.
About Author :
Critic, essayist and thinker, Dr. B.G. Tandon retired as Professor and Head, School of studies in English, Vikram University, Ujjain (M.P.). He was also Chairman, Central Board of studies in English for all the universities of Madhya Pradesh. He has authored many books and his lectures at various universities are received in a high strain of enthusiasm.
Contents :
Dedications Acknowledgements Preface Part I-Orators The Art of Oratory The Raj The Predecessors of Gandhi Gandi and His Contemporaries The Successors of Gandhi An Overview Part 2- Orations Raja Rammohun Roy (1772-1833) Principles of Unitarian Christianity Dwarkanath Tagore (1794-1846) A Grateful Appreciation, 1842 Ram Gopal Ghose (1815-1868) On Queen Victoria's Proclamation, 1858 Micheal Madhusudan Dutt (1824-1873) The Anglo-Saxon and the Hindu, 1854 Rajendra Lala Mitra (1824-1891) Adulteration of Ghee, 1886 Dada Bhai Naoroji (1825-1917) India Must Be Bled, 1900 Kristo Das Pal (1834-1889) The Achievements of the Indian Press, 1875 Keshub Chunder Sen (1838-1884) The Religious and Social Conditions of India, 1870 Mahadev Govind Ranade (182-1901) India a Thousand Years Ago, 1900 Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee (1844-1906) Indian Grievances, 1889 Budrudin Tyabji (1844-1906) Native Press, 1896 Rash Bihari Ghose (1845-1921) The Sins of Lord Curzon, 1905 Pheroze Shah Mehta (1845-1915) The Beneficent Results of the Visits of Their Majesties King George and Queen Mary to India, 1912 Ananda Mohan Bose (1846-1906) The Indian Educational Service, 1896