India And Its Native Princes  (English, Hardcover, Rousselet Louis)

From the early 19th century when the East India Company began to consolidate its rule, the princes were often seen as one of the most useful allies of the empire. Later, after the enactment of the Act of 1933, conservative opinion in Great Britain saw them as an instrument for thwarting the federation proposals and thereby maintaining British power at the center. India and its Native Princes.