Architecture and Independence: Search for Identity - India, 1880 to 1980

Architecture reflects the spirit of its times and, in India, the fight for Independence. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the British sought to embody the aims of imperialism in architectural form, while indigenous architects concentrated on retaining their Indianness. Examining the forces that have shaped Indian architecture through these times, this illustrated book traces the patterns of architecture and its response to political change in both India and the world since the founding of the Indian National Congress in the 1880s.