Table of Contents

The historical background, 1840-1939; war and nationalism, 1939-1947; independence and partition, 1947-1949; reorganization and adaptation, 1950s; the beginnings of indianization, 1960s-1976; formal indianization and after, 1976-1990s; the future; conclusions. Appendices: short biographies of "Merchants of the Raj"; selected chronology, with indian political and economic background; the indian companies acts and indian managing agencies; glossary of words in common usage among the British business community in Calcutta.