By: Keerthi Mohan
by AMIT ROY WAS Queen Victoria the first proponent of a “multicultural” Britain, long before that word was invented? As Britain prepares to mark the 200th anniversary of her birth on May 24, 1819, that indeed appears to be the thesis endorsed by a new book, Empress: Queen Victoria and India (Yale; £25) by Miles Taylor, professor of modern history at York University. As for her multicultural credentials, Taylor says: “She is very aware that the Empire contains lots of indigenous people, not just in relation to India but in relation to the Maori people of New Zealand, the native…
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