Books
Period
Mughal India and British Raj
1526–1947 CE
Mughal India and British Raj covers a long span from the foundation of the Mughal Empire to the end of British rule in India. It includes imperial courts, regional kingdoms, trade, conquest, Company expansion, rebellion, reform, nationalism and partition. The period should be broken into clear sub-periods because Mughal, Company and Raj fiction have different settings and reader expectations.
It matters because South Asian history in this span connects court culture, land revenue, religion, caste, empire, commerce, military service and anti-colonial politics. The shift from Mughal power to British rule transformed political authority and everyday life. This is a major area for historical novels, family sagas, court fiction, imperial critique and detective series.
Mughal, Company and British Raj fiction needs to be split carefully by setting. Indu Sundaresan and Alex Rutherford fit Mughal court fiction, while M. M. Kaye, Paul Scott, J. G.The chronology separates the Mughal court world from later East India Company rule, the Raj, rebellion and the movement toward independence.
Related people for Mughal India and British Raj
Akbar1542–1605 Albert Henry Andrew Hervey1814–1877 Alexander Cunningham1814–1893 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington1769–1852 Baji Rao II1775–1851 Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881 Chattar Singh Attariwalladied 1855 Daulat Rao Scindia1779–1827 Dewan Mulraj1814–1851 Dhoondia Waghdied 1800 Dost Mohammad Khan1793–1863 Duleep Singh I1838–1893 Edward VIII1894–1972 Francis Younghusband1863–1942 Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts1832–1914 George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston1859–1925 George Harris, 1st Baron Harris1746–1829 Gulab Singh1792–1857 Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge1785–1856 Henry Montgomery Lawrence1806–1857 Herbert Benjamin Edwardes1819–1868 Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough1779–1869 Hyder Ali1720–1782 Jahangir I1569–1627 James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie1812–1860 James Prinsep1799–1840 Jind Kaur1817–1863 John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence1811–1879 Lal Singhdied 1866 M. M. Kaye1908–2004 Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948 Michael Francis O’Dwyer1864–1940 Mohammad Akbar Khan1816–1845 Mohammad Hatta1902–1980 Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari1841–1879 Ranjit Singh1780–1839 Reginald Dyer1864–1927 Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley1760–1842 Robert Clive1725–1774 Rudyard Kipling1865–1936 Saifuddin Kitchlew1888–1963 Satyapal1885–1954 Shah Jahan1592–1666 Shah Shujah Durrani1780–1842 Sher Singh Attariwalladied 1858 Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet1757–1829 Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet1799–1875 Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet1787–1860 Subhas Chandra Bose1897–1945 Sukarno1901–1970 Tej Singhdied 1862 Tipu Sultan1751–1799 Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin1849–1917 Victoria1819–1901 Walter Hamilton1856–1879 William Brydon1811–1873 William George Keith Elphinstone1782–1842 William Henry Sleeman1788–1856 William Jones1746–1794 Winston Churchill1874–1965 Yashwantrao Holkar1776–1811
Non-Fiction
30 Best Non-Fiction Books About Mughal India and the British Raj
Histories, biographies and reference works are listed separately from the historical novels above.
