“Brahmins Incite The People Against Us, Mahomedans The Real Supporters Of British Rule”: Queen Victoria

“Brahmins Incite The People Against Us, Mahomedans The Real Supporters Of British Rule”: Queen Victoria

On India’s Independence Day, a passage from a historical study of British colonial rule offers a revealing glimpse into how the British establishment viewed different religious communities in colonial India with Queen Victoria herself expressing suspicion towards Brahmins and describing Muslims as “the real supporters of the British rule.” The passage appears in historian Venkat Dhulipala’s book Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the…