Ireland and India [electronic resource] : Nationalism, Empire and Memory /
Silvestri, M.author.
Through a consideration of historical memory, commemoration and the 'imagined communities' of nationalism, Ireland and India examines three aspects of Ireland's imperial history: relationships between Irish and Indian nationalists, the construction of Irishmen as imperial heroes, and the commemoration of an Irish regiment's mutiny in India.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-287) and index.
'An assertion of liberty incarnate' : Irish and Indian nationalists in North America -- 'The  Sinn Féin of India' : the reception of Irish revolutionary nationalism in Bengal -- 'Lord and Master Nikkal Seyn' : the construction of John Nicholson as a British imperial hero --  An 'Irish Paladin' : John Nicholson as an Ulster and Irish imperial hero --  'The remains of Ireland's loneliest martyr' : the commemoration of the Connaught Rangers mutiny -- 'Enemies of the Empire'? : the imperial context of the Connaught Rangers mutiny.
Through a consideration of historical memory, commemoration and the 'imagined communities' of nationalism, Ireland and India examines three aspects of Ireland's imperial history: relationships between Irish and Indian nationalists, the construction of Irishmen as imperial heroes, and the commemoration of an Irish regiment's mutiny in India.
Great Britain. Army. Connaught Rangers
Great Britain—History.
Ethnology—Asia.
World politics.
Asia—History.
History, Modern.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Asian Culture.
Political History.
Asian History.
Modern History.
History of South Asia.