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 107
56 Kanpur's may be a rather dramatic instance but, in 1934 alone, troops worked
intensively to quell communal riots in Meerut, Banaras, Ghazipur, Kanpur and
Agra.57 In Meerut, a squadron of Indian cavalry had to disperse an angry crowd
of ...
56 Kanpur's may be a rather dramatic instance but, in 1934 alone, troops worked
intensively to quell communal riots in Meerut, Banaras, Ghazipur, Kanpur and
Agra.57 In Meerut, a squadron of Indian cavalry had to disperse an angry crowd
of ...
الصفحة 109
Now, to curb communal strife, colonial officials further believed that it would be
more strategic to deploy British "other ranks", who could act impartially or
neutrally in what were obviously sensitive situations of religious conflict. This was
in ...
Now, to curb communal strife, colonial officials further believed that it would be
more strategic to deploy British "other ranks", who could act impartially or
neutrally in what were obviously sensitive situations of religious conflict. This was
in ...
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of the Congress, observed that "the ministry has done its best to be impartial in
communal matters".240 Yet he understood the League's predicament when he
noted that "the opposition [to the Congress ministry] is a permanent communal ...
of the Congress, observed that "the ministry has done its best to be impartial in
communal matters".240 Yet he understood the League's predicament when he
noted that "the opposition [to the Congress ministry] is a permanent communal ...
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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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