Language: EnglishPages: 328 (4 B/W Illustrations)About the Book“In commemoration of the old hunting parties the Maharaja of Travancore used to lead a silent procession adorned by gorgeously caparisoned elephants from the temple in Trivandrum to the sea beach. Blood had been shed in the hunt and the gods must be purified by a bath in the sea. After Independence the former Maharaja still made regular visits to the same temple in his ancient Rolls- Royce. But the pomp and ceremony of Princely rule were gone and there were no elephants for the Maharaja. This change symbolizes the larger transformations in Travancore documented in this book.In 1921 Travancore was still ruled by an all powerful Dewan. Local Hindus, Muslims and Chiristian pressed for greater participation in the state administration by appealing to loyalties of caste and religion. The result was a strong communalism which clever Dewans could make use of as part of a policy of divide- and rule.Louise Ouwerkerk dwells extensively on these developments which led to the formation of the Travancore State Congress in which she was personally involved. About the AuthorFrom 1929-1939 Louise Ouwerkerk was Professor at the Maharaja’s Women’s College and Travancore University. Although a government servant, she threw herself into politics and tried to unite the communal leaders on a common platform for more responsible government. As these attempts brought her into conflict with the Dewan, she was dismissed from service. In the early 1970s she wrote the text for this book, largely based on her own files and recollections, supplemented by interviews. She died in 1989Dr. Dick Kooiman (1943) read Asian History and Sociology. He did his Ph. D. on the organizatio

No Elephants For the Maharaja: Social and Political Change in Travancore 1921-1947

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