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‘The Ilbert Bill was the most extreme but by no means isolated expression of white racism.’ Comment

  • UPSC 1987
  • Early Indian Nationalism

The Ilbert Bill controversy of 1883 exposed the depth of racial prejudice in colonial society, but the episode only made visible a racism that was already structurally embedded in British rule.

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  • The Bill and the "White Mutiny"
  • Racism Beyond the Ilbert Episode

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