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Claiming Citizenship and Nation: Muslim Politics and State Building in North India, 1947–1986

Aishwarya Pandit

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Description:The book provides insight into the changing nature of Muslim politics and the ideas of citizenship in independent India. It studies the electoral mobilization of minority groups across North India, particularly in Uttar Pradesh where Muslims have been demographically dominant in various constituencies. The volume discusses themes such as the making and unmaking of the 'Congress heartland' and the threat of revival of 'Muslim communalism', alongside issues of representation, property, language politics, rehabilitation and citizenship, politics of Waqf, personal law and Hindu counter-mobilization. The author utilizes previously unused government and institutional files, private archives, interviews, and oral resources to address questions central to Indian politics and society.An important intervention, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of politics, Indian history, minority studies, law, political studies, nationalism, electoral politics, Partition studies, political sociology, sociology and South Asian Studies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Claiming Citizenship and Nation: Muslim Politics and State Building in North India, 1947–1986. To get started finding Claiming Citizenship and Nation: Muslim Politics and State Building in North India, 1947–1986, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 284

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Routledge India

Release: 2021

ISBN: 1000410676

Description: The book provides insight into the changing nature of Muslim politics and the ideas of citizenship in independent India. It studies the electoral mobilization of minority groups across North India, particularly in Uttar Pradesh where Muslims have been demographically dominant in various constituencies. The volume discusses themes such as the making and unmaking of the 'Congress heartland' and the threat of revival of 'Muslim communalism', alongside issues of representation, property, language politics, rehabilitation and citizenship, politics of Waqf, personal law and Hindu counter-mobilization. The author utilizes previously unused government and institutional files, private archives, interviews, and oral resources to address questions central to Indian politics and society.An important intervention, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of politics, Indian history, minority studies, law, political studies, nationalism, electoral politics, Partition studies, political sociology, sociology and South Asian Studies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Claiming Citizenship and Nation: Muslim Politics and State Building in North India, 1947–1986. To get started finding Claiming Citizenship and Nation: Muslim Politics and State Building in North India, 1947–1986, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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