Region, nation, "heartland": Uttar Pradesh in India's body-politicThis book traces the importance of Uttar Pradesh as a political "heartland" of India over the last century and highlights its influence on Indian politics. It unravels the historical processes and divergent traditions that have shaped this region. In unraveling this constructed identity of the state, this book analyzes the transformation that UP experienced as a "region" within India in the late colonial and post-colonial periods. Divided into four sections, the book discusses the construction of the state under three identity categories:
Based on intensive research, this book would be of interest to students of modern history and political science as also for those interested in issues related to development in contemporary South Asia. |
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الصفحة 164
When Gandhi decided to take on the iniquitous salt law and commence his Dandi
march in March 1930, he not only unravelled the powerful thematic interweaving
of exploitation and loyalty but also invented a ritual in which thousands could ...
When Gandhi decided to take on the iniquitous salt law and commence his Dandi
march in March 1930, he not only unravelled the powerful thematic interweaving
of exploitation and loyalty but also invented a ritual in which thousands could ...
الصفحة 231
79 See Alan Trevithick, "Civil Ritual in India" and "Some Structural and
Sequential Aspects of the British Imperial ... had a two fold objective: to boycott
colonial ceremonies and rituals and to keep the local Congressmen under
discipline by ...
79 See Alan Trevithick, "Civil Ritual in India" and "Some Structural and
Sequential Aspects of the British Imperial ... had a two fold objective: to boycott
colonial ceremonies and rituals and to keep the local Congressmen under
discipline by ...
الصفحة 350
While state rituals marked the end of the colonial order and the inauguration of a
new postcolonial government through symbols like the flag and the anthem,
popular commemorations attached a host of meanings to the event. Indeed,
popular ...
While state rituals marked the end of the colonial order and the inauguration of a
new postcolonial government through symbols like the flag and the anthem,
popular commemorations attached a host of meanings to the event. Indeed,
popular ...
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المحتوى
Introduction | 3 |
The Framework of Pax Britannica in Uttar Pradesh | 39 |
The Institutions of the Colonial Heartland | 88 |
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activities Administration Agra agrarian Allahabad April areas army arrested Awadh Banaras battalions British cantonment cent centre challenge Chandra chaukidars Chauri Chaura Chhatari chief minister cities Civil Disobedience cognizable colonial authority colonial officials communal Congress Committee Congress ministry Congressmen constituted context crime criminal law cultural declared Delhi demand district officers enforcement flag Gandhi Gorakhpur 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 mobilization Muslim League National nationalist Nehru offences organized Oudh overall Pant party Peter Reeves policemen political postcolonial prisoners propaganda prosecution public order Quit India movement Raj's regional release rent Report riots ritual rural Sabha satyagraha secretary Singh situation taluqdars took towns troops United Provinces UP's UPLAD UPLC urban Urdu Uttar Pradesh village zamindars