Region, Nation, "Heartland": Uttar Pradesh in India's Body Politic"This 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."--BOOK JACKET. |
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الصفحة 3
One Introduction The "Heartland" and its Setting In January-February 1930,
Allahabad hosted the Maha Kumbh Mela, widely regarded as the largest
religious event in the world. With a recorded history of at least 2,500 years, the
festival ...
One Introduction The "Heartland" and its Setting In January-February 1930,
Allahabad hosted the Maha Kumbh Mela, widely regarded as the largest
religious event in the world. With a recorded history of at least 2,500 years, the
festival ...
الصفحة 6
On 26 January 1930, even as the Kumbh was in full swing, the Congress
organized all over India, for the first time, the celebration of "Swaraj Day". Within
weeks of the Kumbh's closure, even as Allahabad was still being cleaned after
the mass ...
On 26 January 1930, even as the Kumbh was in full swing, the Congress
organized all over India, for the first time, the celebration of "Swaraj Day". Within
weeks of the Kumbh's closure, even as Allahabad was still being cleaned after
the mass ...
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It was a special Kumbh that year. Not only did it coincide with a unique planetary
alignment, said to occur once in 144 years, but it was also the first Kumbh being
held in independent India. Before the mela began, Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant, ...
It was a special Kumbh that year. Not only did it coincide with a unique planetary
alignment, said to occur once in 144 years, but it was also the first Kumbh being
held in independent India. Before the mela began, Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant, ...
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Introduction | 3 |
The Framework of Pax Britannica in Uttar Pradesh | 39 |
The Institutions of the Colonial Heartland | 88 |
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action activities Administration Agra Allahabad areas army arrested Assembly authority British campaign cent central centre challenge changes Chapter cities civil Civil Disobedience collective colonial Committee communal Congress Congressmen considerable considered context continued crime criminal cultural deal Delhi demand district early effect enforcement establish existed force functions further Haig Hallett heartland Hindi Hindu important increase India instance institutions interests internal security issue Kanpur land landlords late leaders Legislative Linlithgow London Lucknow maintain March meetings military minister ministry move movement Muslim nationalist nature Note observed offences officials organized overall Pant party persons police political position prevent prisoners public order regarded region relating Report responsible riots rule rural serious situation social society took towns troops United Provinces UP's urban Uttar Pradesh village