Curing Madness?
A Social and Cultural History of Insanity in Colonial North India, 1800–1950s
Shilpi Rajpal
This book explores the history of “insanity” and how it was managed in colonial north India. It draws on archival material and examines government policy, legal processes and instances of diagnosis and treatment via the history of asylums in Agra, Benaras, Bareilly, Lucknow, Delhi and Lahore.