During the first decade of the 20th century, the British Empire was at its zenith.
The Indian Subcontinent was secure barring trouble in the North West.
English education had spread far and wide.
The project to build and nurture a middle class of supportive English-speaking Indians was proceeding apace.
Many affluent Indian families, as also the princes, sent their children to England for education as that was our only window to the West and the world at large.
Thus, it was that four fa.
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