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Admired for its spiritual traditions (two of the world's major religions, Hinduism and Buddhism, originated here), for its peaceful struggle for independence led by Mohandas K. Gandhi, and for its vibrant culture (from Bollywood and spicy cuisine to classical music and world-ren…
An updated look at more than 5,000 years of India's history.
Presents a comprehensive history of the events, people, and social and cultural movements of India covering a period of about five thousand years, and includes such topics as the caste system, Hindu World Order, Gandhi and the Nationalist movement, and much more.
As recently as the turn of the century, Western images of India pictured it as a land of religion, luxury, and desperate poverty holy men sitting cross-legged by the roadside, fat maharajas on bejeweled elephants, or poverty-stricken beggars picking garbage for scraps to eat. No…
This book identifies certain critical moments in the history of contemporary India. These events concern Partition, sati, minority rights, the Bhopal industrial disaster, the nature of the Indian state, and various socio-legal issues. Veena Das redescribes these events and their…
On the changing perrspective of Chamārs in modern times; a study.
In the last few decades, professional historians have raised important questions regarding the theories, methods and practices of history extant since the earliest times. Oral and Visual History have assumed a new importance in our times. This book presents seven essays on histo…
In the last few decades, professional historians have raised important questions regarding the theories, methods and practices of history extant since the earliest times. Oral and Visual History have assumed a new importance in our times. This book presents seven essays on histo…
A Concise History of Modern India by Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf, has become a classic in the field since it was first published in 2001. As a fresh interpretation of Indian history from the Mughals to the present, it has informed students across the world. In the t…
A concise history of modern India
by Metcalf, Barbara, Metcalf, Thomas R.
fromCambridge Concise Histories
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Type: Book
A concise history of modern India
by Metcalf, Barbara, Metcalf, Thomas R.
fromCambridge Concise Histories
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Type: Book
A concise history of modern India
by Metcalf, Barbara, Metcalf, Thomas R.
fromCambridge Concise Histories
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Type: Book
A Concise History of Modern India
by Metcalf, Barbara, Metcalf, Thomas R.
fromCambridge Concise Histories
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Type: Book
This is a concise history of India since the time of the Mughals. It comprises the history of what was known as British India from the late eighteenth century until 1947, when the subcontinent was split into the two independent countries of India and Pakistan, and of the Republi…
"A Concise History of Modern India, by Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf, has become a classic in the field since it was first published in 2001. As a fresh interpretation of Indian history from the Mughals to the present, it has informed students across the world. In the…
"A Concise History of Modern India, by Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf, has become a classic in the field since it was first published in 2001. As a fresh interpretation of Indian history from the Mughals to the present, it has informed students across the world. In the…