This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Palsetia, J. S. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

'Honourable Machinations': The Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Baronetcy and the Indian Response to the Honours System in India

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CANADA, palsetia{at}uoguelph.ca

This paper examines the Indian response to the development of an honours system and imperial rites in India in the first half of the nineteenth century, and in particular the efforts by the Jejeebhoy family and its supporters to obtain the Indian businessman Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy a hereditary baronetcy prior to his death. It argues that the baronetcy scheme of Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy and the Indian response to honours in general marked the recognition of the important role of imperial ideology among Indians.

Key Words: baronetcy • colonial response • colonial setting • imperial ideology • imperial rituals • Indian honours system • Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy • Parsis

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				J. S. Palsetia Parsi and Hindu Traditional and Nontraditional Responses to Christian Conversion in Bombay, 1839-45 J Am Acad Relig, September 1, 2006; 74(3): 615 - 645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. S. Palsetia Merchant Charity and Public Identity Formation in Colonial India: The Case of Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Journal of Asian and African Studies, June 1, 2005; 40(3): 197 - 217. [Abstract] [PDF]