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 164
In Hindu ritual sacrifice, salt thrown into a fire represents seed and cattle, thus
symbolizing fertility. Perhaps even more powerful is its connotation of
permanence. The importance of "salt as something that prevents corruption and,
therefore, ...
In Hindu ritual sacrifice, salt thrown into a fire represents seed and cattle, thus
symbolizing fertility. Perhaps even more powerful is its connotation of
permanence. The importance of "salt as something that prevents corruption and,
therefore, ...
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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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