A Memoir of Central India: Including Malwa and Adjoining Provinces With the History, and Copious Illustrations, of the Past and Present Condition of That Country VOL. 1 - PAPERBACK

About The Book : This book by Sir John Malcolm in its first volume presents a series of extensive descriptions about Central India. This particular volume has twelve chapters that include observations on the geography, soil, climate, and produces of the region. The author also covers the history of Malwa, Mahratta invasion, descriptions about the families of the Puars of Dhar and Dewas, Sindia and Holkar, events at the Court of Holkar, Nabobs of Bhopal, as well as governments of the states of Central India in this volume. Volume 2 contains Malcolm's recommendations for the future of British rule in Malwa. The volume also has an extensive appendix of over 200 pages of primary texts. About The Author : Sir John Malcolm (1769 – 1830) was a Scottish historian, soldier, and statesman. In 1782 he began working for the East India Company. Malcolm was diligent in learning the manners and languages of the east. He was employed in many important negotiations and held various distinguished posts, being Ambassador to Persia, Resident of Gwalior, and Governor of Bombay. He was the author of several valuable works including Sketch of the Sikh (1812) A History of Persia (1815), Memoir of Central India (1823), Political History of India from 1784 to 1823 (1826), and Life of Lord Clive (1836). His insights into this period in history make for an excellent reference work. John Malcolm returned to India on the eve of the British conquest of Malwa, a region of central India previously little known to Europeans, in 1818. Malcolm studied the region's geology, its agriculture and the history of its ruling families in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His reports were first published in Calcutta in 1821, and were revised and expanded for publication in two volumes in London in 1823.