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| author = Raghu Palat<br>Pushpa Palat<br />
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'''''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 [[C. Sankaran Nair|Sir C. Sankaran Nair]], by former [[List of governors of Punjab (British India)|Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab]], [[Michael O'Dwyer|Sir Michael O'Dwyer]]. It forms the basis of the Hindi film ''[[Kesari Chapter 2]]''.<ref name=Schell2025>{{cite web |last1=Schell |first1=Frank |date=17 July 2025 |title=The case that shook the empire |url=https://www.gatewayhouse.in/the-case-that-shook-the-empire/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250803162242/https://www.gatewayhouse.in/the-case-that-shook-the-empire/ |archive-date=3 August 2025 |access-date=3 August 2025 |website=Gateway House |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Thampi>{{cite web |last1=Thampi |first1=Madhavi |date=17 October 2019 |title=The Malabar Angle |url=https://openthemagazine.com/lounge/books/the-malabar-angle/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250803164937/https://openthemagazine.com/lounge/books/the-malabar-angle/ |archive-date=3 August 2025 |access-date=3 August 2025 |website=Open The Magazine |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Authors==<br />
''The Case that Shook the Empire'' is written by [[C. Sankaran Nair|Sir C. Sankaran Nair]]'s great-grandson Raghu Palat and his wife Pushpa Palat.<ref name=Seb2025>{{cite news |last1=Sebastian |first1=Meryl |date=19 June 2025 |title=Jallianwala Bagh: C Sankaran Nair called out a massacre - and shamed the British Empire |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24ql23qm73o |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250803161847/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24ql23qm73o |archive-date=3 August 2025 |access-date=3 August 2025 |work=BBC News}}</ref><br />
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==Content==<br />
The book comprises fourteen chapters, preceded by a foreword, preface, and prologue, and followed by a bibliography and acknowledgements, with no index included. Texts are generally referenced with footnotes on most pages.<br />
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The chapters are entitled: <br />
*1. An Indian in British India<br />
*2. The land of plenty<br />
*3. Masters of machination<br />
*4. Indians do not matter<br />
*5. The Jallianwala Massacre<br />
*6. Martial Law<br />
*7. Backlash<br />
*8. The trigger<br />
*9. The trial<br />
*10. The verdict<br />
*11. Reverberations<br />
*12. Grey skies<br />
*13. Thereafter<br />
*14. Afterward<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
The bibliography lists sources that include ''[[The Butcher of Amritsar]]'' by [[Nigel Collett]], ''[[Mr Justice McCardie (1869-1933)]]'' by [[Antony Lentin]], ''[[A Grammar of Politics]]'' by [[Harold Laski]], ''The Life of General Dyer'' by [[Ian Colvin]], the autobiography of [[C. Sankaran Nair|Sir C. Sankaran Nair]], ''[[India as I Knew It]]'' by [[Michael O'Dwyer]], [[Lepel Griffin|Sir Lepel Henry Griffin]]’s ''Ranjit Singh'', works by [[Ian A. Talbot]], [[Stanley Wolpert]]’s ''An Era of Judgment'', and both the Hunter Report and Congress Report.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cite web |title=Raghu and Pushpa Palat, renowned authors and historians, on their book: The Case That Shook the Empire |url=https://rotaryclubofbombay.org/raghu-and-pushpa-palat-renowned-authors-and-historians-on-their-book-the-case-that-shook-the-empire-one-mans-fight-for-the-truth-about-the-jallianwala-bagh-massacre/ |publisher=Rotary Club of Mumbai |access-date=8 August 2025 |date=23 May 2025}}<br />
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