The Case that Shook the Empire

The Case that Shook the Empire
AuthorRaghu Palat
Pushpa Palat
LanguageEnglish
SubjectO'Dwyer v. Nair Libel Case
GenreHistory
Published2019
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
Pages187
ISBN978-93-89000-27-6
Basis of Kesari Chapter 2

The Case that Shook the Empire is a book by Raghu and Pushpa Palat about the O'Dwyer v. Nair Libel Case held in London in English law against the Indian politician and lawyer Sir C. Sankaran Nair, by former Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, Sir Michael O'Dwyer. It forms the basis of the Hindi film Kesari Chapter 2.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ Sebastian, Meryl (19 June 2025). "Jallianwala Bagh: C Sankaran Nair called out a massacre - and shamed the British Empire". BBC News. Archived from the original on 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  2. ^ Schell, Frank (17 July 2025). "The case that shook the empire". Gateway House. Archived from the original on 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  3. ^ Thampi, Madhavi (17 October 2019). "The Malabar Angle". Open The Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.