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

Between 1946 and 1952, the British Raj, the world's largest colony, was transformed into the Republic of...
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Author: Sunil Purushotham
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From Raj to Republic: Sovereignty, Violence, and Democracy in India by Purushotham, Sunil

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

$322.78

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

$322.78
Author: Sunil Purushotham
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Between 1946 and 1952, the British Raj, the world's largest colony, was transformed into the Republic of India, the world's largest democracy. Independence, the Constituent Assembly Debates, the founding of the Republic, and India's first universal franchise general election occurred amidst the violence and displacement of the Partition, the uncertain and contested integration of the princely states, and the forceful quelling of internal dissent. This book investigates the ways in which these violent conjunctures constituted a postcolonial regime of sovereignty and shaped the historical development of democracy in India at the foundational moment of decolonization and national independence. From Raj to Republic presents a multifaceted history of sovereignty and democracy in India by linking together the princely state of Hyderabad's attempt to establish itself as an independent sovereign state, the partitioning of Punjab, and the communist-led revolutionary movement in the southern Indian region of Telangana. A national, territorial, republican, and liberal polity in India emerged out of a violent and contested process that forged new power relations and opened up historical trajectories with lasting consequences for modern India.



Author: Sunil Purushotham
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 01/19/2021
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781503613256

About the Author
Sunil Purushotham is Associate Professor of History at Fairfield University.

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