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245			_aThe progressive maharaja : _bSir Madhava Rao's hints on the art and science of government / _cedited and introduced by Rahul Sagar.
260			_aGurugram : _bHarperCollins, _c2022.
520			_a"Hints on the Art and Science of Government was the first treatise on statecraft produced in modern India. It consists of lectures that Raja Sir T. Madhava Rao delivered in 1881 to Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III, the young Maharaja of Baroda. Universally considered the foremost Indian statesman of the nineteenth century, Madhava Rao had served as dewan (or prime minister) in the native states of Travancore, Indore and Baroda. Under his command, Travancore and Baroda came to be seen as 'model states', whose progress demonstrated that Indians were capable of governing well. Rao's lectures summarise the fundamental principles underlying his unprecedented success. He explains how and why a Maharaja ought to marry the classical Indian ideal of raj dharma, which enjoins rulers to govern dutifully, with the modern English ideal of limited sovereignty. This makes Hints an exceptionally important text: it shows how, outside the confines of British India, Indians consciously and creatively sought to revise and adapt ideals in the interests of progress. This landmark edition contains both the newly rediscovered, original lecture manuscripts; and an authoritative introduction, outlining Rao's remarkable career, his complicated relationship with Sayaji Rao III, and the reasons why his lectures have been neglected-until now.--
600			_aMadava Row, T., Sir, _y1828-1891. _91662964
600			_aSayaji Rao Gaekwar III, Maharaja of Baroda, _y1863-1939. _91662965
650			_aVadodara (India : District)--Politics and government--19th century. _91662966
700	1		_aSagar, Rahul, _eeditor _91104840
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