Modern Indian Political Thought & The Colonial Context and Conception of Colonial Rule

Abstract

The beginning of the 19th century, the procedure of colonization of India was complete. Henceforth, the foremost concern of colonial rulers was the consolidation of the gains, i.e., the maintenance of colonial rule. For this they needed supporters from in the middle of the subjected which could be achieved only by cultural and ideological hegemony. The making of a class of landlords and the educated urban middle class, mainly of who were absorbed by colonial administrative system and other colonial organizations, were steps to meet the needs of British Colonialism. The colonial education and other cultural undertakings geared towards the establishment of ideological hegemony. This was the social and ideological context in which the political thought throughout the early colonial rule urbanized. A dissimilar conception of colonial rule also urbanized throughout the course of the nineteenth century. It was based on an appreciation of the traditional organizations and practices.