SWADESHI STEAM

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In 1906, Britain's grip on the world was unassailable. Its navy ruled the seas, and its trade empire spanned the globe. But in the small port town of Tuticorin, a lawyer named V.O. Chidambaram Pillai—known to the world as VOC—had a revolutionary idea that would challenge the might of the empire itself. VOC's plan was audacious: to launch the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, a venture that would compete head-on with the British India Steam Navigation Company, the shipping giant that controlled the region. To make his dream a reality, he rallied native traders and patriotic citizens, raising the capital needed to launch his daring enterprise. 

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎  Penguin Random House India
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 514 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780670099597
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 270 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.8 x 24.1 x 1.37 cm

About The Author :

A.R. Venkatachalapathy (1967) was born in Gudiyattam, in the Vellore district of Tamil Nadu and was educated in Chennai and New Delhi. A historian and Tamil writer, he is a professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai. Chalapathy has taught at universities in Tirunelveli, Chennai, Singapore and Chicago, and has held research assignments in Paris, Cambridge, London, and Harvard. He is the winner of the V.K.R.V. Rao Prize; Vilakku Virudhu and Iyal Virudhu and the Mahakavi Bharati Award.

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