‘The viceroys are disappearing from the roundabouts in Delhi’: British symbols of power in post-colonial India

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‘The viceroys are disappearing from the roundabouts in Delhi’: British symbols of power in post-colonial India

In the aftermath of the Second World War, as postcolonial regimes in Africa and Asia hauled down imperial iconography, to the surprise and approval of many Western observers, India evidenced little interest in sweeping away remnants of its colonial heritage. From the late 1950s onwards, however, cal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McGarr, Paul M.
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge Journals 2015
Subjects:	Britain; India; Foreign Policy; Diplomacy; International Relations; Soft Power; Iconography; Empire
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35811/

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