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020			_a9780199489480
082			_a384.0954 THO-P
100			_aThomas, Pradip Ninan
245			_aEmpire and post-empire telecommunications in India : a history / _cPradip Ninan Thomas
260			_aIndia _bOxford _c2019
300			_a193 p.
365			_aINR _b795.00
500			_aTelecommunications was vital to the imperial project and connecting India—the jewel in the British crown—was a key priority. However, intercolonial rivalries outside and within India as well as contestation between private and public ownership of telecommunications made that task difficult. The author explores these differences and ties the history of Telegraph, cable and wireless in British India to the evolving story of telecommunications in post-Independence India. This book examines the role of the Telegraph, oceanic cables and the wireless in the context of the political economy and compulsions of empire to control global flows of communications. It argues that history is absolutely critical to understanding the present and the imprint of the past continues to shape the Indian state’s engagements with telecommunications. This volume undertakes the project of bridging the gap between past and present and highlighting a narrative of time- and space-specific innovation and growth tempered by political circumstances, geopolitical developments and economic compulsions.
650			_aTelecommunication
650			_aTelecommunication policy