Professor Sir Christopher Bayly

Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History

St Catharine's College Cambridge CB21RL Tel: (+44) (0)1223 338321 Centre of South Asian Studies Laundress Lane, Cambridge CB11SD Tel: (+44) (0)1223 33 8096 cab1002@cam.ac.uk

Indian history since c.1700, British imperial history, global history.

Chief Publications

• The Local Roots of Indian Politics. Allahabad 1880-1920 (1975)
• Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars. North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion, 1780-1870 (1983)
• Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire (1988)
• Imperial Meridian. The British Empire and the World, 1780-1830 (1989)
• Empire and Information. Intelligence gathering and social communication in India 1780-1870 (1996)
• The Origins of Nationality in South Asia (1997)
• The Birth of the Modern World. Global Connections and Comparisons 1780-1914 (2004)
• Forgotten Armies. The Fall of British Asia 1941-45 with Dr Tim Harper (2004)
• Professor Bayly is collaborating with Dr Tim Harper on Forgotten Wars: revolution and the end of empire in British Asia, 1945-55.