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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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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Patialion-Ganga is situated in Etah, right in the centre of territory lately made famous by the deceased “Bandit Queen” Phoolan Devi. But my father was immensely proud that his village was the birth-place of Amir Khusro (c.1253–1325), ...
Patialion-Ganga is situated in Etah, right in the centre of territory lately made famous by the deceased “Bandit Queen” Phoolan Devi. But my father was immensely proud that his village was the birth-place of Amir Khusro (c.1253–1325), ...
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On 18 January 1930, Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore visited Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram to discuss the unfolding political situation. On 26 January 1930, even as the Kumbh was in full swing, the Congress organized all over India, ...
On 18 January 1930, Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore visited Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram to discuss the unfolding political situation. On 26 January 1930, even as the Kumbh was in full swing, the Congress organized all over India, ...
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strain due to rural agitation in the early 1920s—was still a viable one if one considers the situation in 1930. It was this view that became the foundation for long-standing colonial alliances with dominant social groups and ...
strain due to rural agitation in the early 1920s—was still a viable one if one considers the situation in 1930. It was this view that became the foundation for long-standing colonial alliances with dominant social groups and ...
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Incipient British interference in the affairs of UP, which they then called “Upper India”, from their location in Calcutta, changed the situation completely. It inaugurated a process of conquest and amalgamation that was to change the ...
Incipient British interference in the affairs of UP, which they then called “Upper India”, from their location in Calcutta, changed the situation completely. It inaugurated a process of conquest and amalgamation that was to change the ...
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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