Project Gutenberg 2006-04-13 Public domain in the USA. 313 Burke, Edmund 1729 1797 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) Produced by Paul Murray, Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12)" by Edmund Burke is a collection of political writings focusing on British governance in India, written in the late 18th century. This volume includes critical reports and observations concerning the management of the East India Company and the governance of Indian territories. The likely topic of this work revolves around the examination of British policies in India, encompasses detailed reports about administrative mismanagement, economic exploitation, and the sociopolitical impacts on the native populations. The opening of this volume introduces the Ninth Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the affairs of India, discussing the state of the administration of justice in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa. The report critiques the pervasive mismanagement of the East India Company, highlighting specific abuses and calling for a closer investigation into the connection between British authority and the welfare of Indian inhabitants. It lays out the principal concerns regarding commerce, government, and the administration of justice, establishing a framework for understanding the complexities of British colonial governance while detailing the various grievances held by both the British government and the native populace. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 43.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820 Political science -- Early works to 1800 DA Text Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Politics 927557 2025-08-07T14:29:49.298273 text/html 943415 2006-04-13T15:19:54 text/html 416593 2025-08-07T14:30:02.952122 application/epub+zip 429102 2025-08-07T14:29:54.214210 application/epub+zip 384385 2025-08-07T14:29:52.230221 application/epub+zip 859315 2025-08-07T14:30:09.464131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 800785 2025-08-07T14:30:01.316256 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 716898 2022-09-08T14:59:18.077728 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 845102 2025-08-07T14:29:48.126246 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 844870 2006-04-13T15:19:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 844863 2006-04-13T15:19:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20827 2025-08-07T14:30:09.797110 application/rdf+xml 23260 2025-08-07T14:29:52.784172 image/jpeg 4622 2025-08-07T14:29:52.518167 image/jpeg 287685 2006-04-13T15:19:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 317218 2006-04-13T15:19:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 287609 2006-04-13T15:19:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 414821 2025-08-07T14:29:49.367204 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia