num_pages: 180
description: This is a study of the last three Maharajas of Darbhanga, their estate, and their political influence in colonial India. Examining the Maharajas' defense of their position of privilege--both within and beyond their estate--Henningham illuminates the hegemony exercised by landed interest inrural north India before independence.
language: English
title: A Great Estate and Its Landlords in Colonial India: Darbhanga 1860-1942
titlecomplete: A Great Estate and Its Landlords in Colonial India: Darbhanga 1860-1942
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Oxford University Press