Mohammad Sajjad

Muslim Politics in Bihar

Changing Contours

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Produktbeschreibung

This book studies the engagement of various Muslim communities with Bihar politics during colonial and post-Independence period, their resistance to communal separatism while confronting colonialism, and their democratic struggle for educational and political empowerment - through language (Urdu) politics, mass mobilization and media propaganda around the issues related to social justice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9781138020177
• ISBN-10: 1138020176
• Artikelnr.: 40046594

Autorenporträt

Mohammad Sajjad is Assistant Professor, Centre of Advanced Study in History, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Community Consensus: An Overview of Muslims in Bihar
Politics until 1940 2. The Polarizing Texture of Bihar Politics: A Survey
till 1940 3. From Alienation to Exodus, 1940-47 4. Muslim Resistance to the
Two-Nation Theory: Bihar, 1940-47 5. Language Politics as a Tool of
Empowerment: Political Landscape of Urdu in Bihar after Independence,
1947-89 6. Quest for Social and Gender Justice: Bihar Muslims since 1990s
7. Conclusion. Bibliography. About the Author. Index