History of modern India presents an authorithotative overview of the history of what was know as British India. the text is largely based on the author s research on nationalism and colonialism in india and also draws from the works of the period. Challenging and rivising colonial and nationalist interpretation of history, this book moves away from a lagely pilitical narrativ to a social,economic and religious history of modarn india.It explains how condition in india during the eighteenth century helped the British East India Company estabish its rule in india. it also gives us important insights into the primary aim of colonial rule which was the economic exploitation of india through trade and investment.