Region, Nation, "Heartland": Uttar Pradesh in India′s Body PoliticThis book interrogates Uttar Pradesh’s identity as India’s "heartland" and unravels the historical processes that have shaped this region. In looking at this constructed identity of the state it argues that UP’s existence as a "region" cannot be taken uncritically as a given, considering the complex and divergent traditions that have been constituent of the state. It makes the case that UP has been imagined in multiple ways and explores five such distinct, though overlapping, constructions through its modern history: UP as a "colonial heartland", as a "nationalist heartland", as a "Hindu heartland", as a "Muslim heartland", and finally as a "postcolonial heartland". The book closely examines UP’s transformation from a colonial to a postcolonial society, looking at issues of identities, mobilization and governance. With its size, location and demography, UP has occupied a distinct position within India’s body politic. In the last two decades, the state has seen dramatic political change, marked by fragmentation along lines of religion, region, class and caste. Region, Nation, "Heartland" offers insights into factors that lie behind this social and political churning, which promises to transform not just UP, but India itself. The book offers a fresh perspective into the dynamics of how "regions" have contributed to the projects of state and nation-building in South Asia. |
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... From the Gandhi–Irwin Pact to “No-Rent”; Reasserting Authority: “Civil Martial Law”; Conclusion The Congress Ministry and the Erosion of the Colonial “Heartland”, 1937–39 The New Institutional Context; The New Idiom of Authority; ...
... From the Gandhi–Irwin Pact to “No-Rent”; Reasserting Authority: “Civil Martial Law”; Conclusion The Congress Ministry and the Erosion of the Colonial “Heartland”, 1937–39 The New Institutional Context; The New Idiom of Authority; ...
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It also looks at colonialism as a structure and a system, and analyses changes in economy, society and culture in the colonial context as also in the context of independent India. It focuses on communalism and casteism as major features ...
It also looks at colonialism as a structure and a system, and analyses changes in economy, society and culture in the colonial context as also in the context of independent India. It focuses on communalism and casteism as major features ...
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I have also substantially expanded its canvass—both chronologically and thematically—and thus situated it much more firmly in the post-colonial context. When I began this research, the field of modern South Asian history had already ...
I have also substantially expanded its canvass—both chronologically and thematically—and thus situated it much more firmly in the post-colonial context. When I began this research, the field of modern South Asian history had already ...
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In unravelling UP's identity, this book looks at certain historical processes of state formation in the colonial and post-colonial contexts that shaped it. It is well known that British colonial rule articulated UP's existing boundaries ...
In unravelling UP's identity, this book looks at certain historical processes of state formation in the colonial and post-colonial contexts that shaped it. It is well known that British colonial rule articulated UP's existing boundaries ...
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In looking at the multiple ways in which UP's identity has been constructed, this book attempts not to narrate UP's political history but to underscore its critical transformations in the late colonial and postcolonial contexts.
In looking at the multiple ways in which UP's identity has been constructed, this book attempts not to narrate UP's political history but to underscore its critical transformations in the late colonial and postcolonial contexts.
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The Institutions of the Colonial Heartland | |
Civil Disobedience and Civil Martial Law in Uttar Pradesh 193034 | |
The Congress Ministry and the Erosion of the Colonial Heartland | |
Colonial Authority War Years and Transition | |
The Making of a Regional Postcolonial Polity 194754 | |
Conclusion | |
The Republic of Uttar Pradesh | |
A Political Chronology | |
Glossary | |
Index | |
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activities Administration Agra agrarian Allahabad April areas army army’s arrested Awadh Banaras battalions British cantonment cent centre challenges Chandra chaukidars Chauri Chaura chief minister cities Civil Disobedience Civil Disobedience campaign Civil Disobedience movement colonial authority colonial officials communal Congress Committee Congress ministry Congressmen constituted context crime criminal law cultural declared Delhi demand enforcement flag Gandhi Gorakhpur government’s governor Haig Papers Haig to Linlithgow Hallett Papers Hallett to Linlithgow heartland Hindi Hindu Ibid instance internal security jail Kanpur Kumbh landlords large number law and order leaders Linlithgow to Haig Lucknow March Meerut military ministry’s Muslim League National nationalist Nehru offences organized Oudh overall Pant party policemen political postcolonial prisoners prosecution Quit India movement Raj’s Rajya Sabha regional release rent Report riots ritual rural Sabha satyagraha secretary Singh situation taluqdars took towns troops United Provinces UP’s UPLAD urban Urdu Uttar Pradesh village zamindars