From Raj to Republic - Sovereignty, Violence, and Democracy in India

"This book makes a case for the unprecedented violence in India's immediate postcolonization and argues that it played a crucial role in institutional and constitutional development during this six-year span"--

List of contents

Introduction: Sovereignty, Violence, and Democracy, 1946-52

1. Azad Hyderabad in the Age of Empire and Nationalism

2. The Battle for Hyderabad

3. Foundational Violence: State and Society in Partitioned Punjab

4. Nation and Narration: Testimony, Citizenship, and Sovereignty

5. An Indian Yan'an: Telangana, 1946-52

6. The Camp and the Citizen

Epilogue: From Raj to Republic, 1946-52

About the author

Sunil Purushotham is Associate Professor of History at Fairfield University.

Product details

• Authors: Sunil Purushotham
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781503614543
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1454-3
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: South Asia in Motion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous