The prospects and perils of India's new diplomacy
The prospects and perils of India’s new diplomacy © Sounak Mukherjee The prospects and perils of India’s new diplomacy In February 1833, Agha Hasan Jan stood before the great Persian crown-prince Abbas Mirza’s court at Meshad, armed with nothing but words. Abbas Mirza had long been plotting to plant his flag over Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Kashmir; the young Kashmiri’s job was to somehow frighten him. Even the floors of the Maharaja’s tented camp, Agha Hasan claimed, were covered wi...
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