Thomas, Pradip Ninan <br/><br/>
Empire and post-empire telecommunications in India :  a history / 
Pradip Ninan Thomas 
 - New Delhi:  Oxford University Press,  2019. 
 - xxii, 193p. ;  22cm. 
<br/><br/> Telecommunications was vital to the imperial project and connecting India-the jewel in the British crown-was a key priority. However, intercolonial rivalries outside and within India as well as contestation between private and public ownership of telecommunications made that task difficult. The author explores these differences and ties the history of Telegraph, cable and wireless in British India to the evolving story of telecommunications in post-Independence India. This book examines the role of the Telegraph, oceanic cables and the wireless in the context of the political economy and compulsions of empire to control global flows of communications. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199489480 0199489483 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Telecommunication--History.--India<br/>Telecommunication policy--History.--India<br/>Telecommunication
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>384.0954  / THO