Excerpt from India, The Real India, Vol. 19British Government, showing how much more favourable to the landowner and cultivator it is than that of its predecessors in title, whose system, nevertheless, it closely follows. The constitution of the Government of India is explained, its financial system, the policy pursued towards the native states and on the frontier, the causes and char acter of the present unrest, and the connection therewith of the Hindoo Congress, the character of the reforms sug gested by nil Morley and Lord Minto, and now under the consideration of the local administration and of the general public, are all fully set forth.A chapter follows on social reform, and incidentally some account is given of the domestic life of the Indians, a fascinating subject, and a mirror, in many respects, of life in the pantheistic and polytheistic times, with which those are familiar, who read the classics in school. A final chapter deals with the economic conditions of the country, and the economic policy of the Government of India.The work is avowedly and frankly written from the British point of View, and this should be borne in mind while reading the author's most instructive account of the attitude of the English official mind towards the great and important questions with which the English Govern ment has to deal in administering the affairs of the enor mous agglomeration of different races, for the peace and safety of which it is responsible.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.