Religion and Nationalism in India: The Case of the PunjabThis timely and significant study explores the reasons behind the rise in Sikh militancy over the 1970s and 1980s. It also evaluates the violent response of the Indian State in fuelling and suppressing the Sikh separatist movement, resulting in a tragic sequence of events which has included the raiding of the Golden Temple at Amritsar and the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The book reveals the role in this movement of a section of young semi-literate Sikh peasantry who were disaffected by the Green Revolution and the commercialisation of agriculture in Punjab. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Deol examines the role of popular mass media in the revitalisation of religion during this period, and the subsequent emergence of sharper religious boundaries. |
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... demand for an independent state and the Muslim claims for autonomy in Kashmir are the two foremost movements for political secession in contemporary India that possess both religious and territorial bases. According to one survey, the ...
... demand for an independent state and the Muslim claims for autonomy in Kashmir are the two foremost movements for political secession in contemporary India that possess both religious and territorial bases. According to one survey, the ...
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... demand for a separate Sikh state is a recent phenomenon, then the obvious question is why have the Sikhs articulated this demand only recently? What were the conditions and processes that gave rise to Sikh ethno-nationalism? What is the ...
... demand for a separate Sikh state is a recent phenomenon, then the obvious question is why have the Sikhs articulated this demand only recently? What were the conditions and processes that gave rise to Sikh ethno-nationalism? What is the ...
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... demand for a Punjabi suba or 'a Punjabispeaking state' and the tactics and strategies used by the Hindu and Sikh élites. In this context, the role and the attitude of the central government, the attitude of the minority Hindu community ...
... demand for a Punjabi suba or 'a Punjabispeaking state' and the tactics and strategies used by the Hindu and Sikh élites. In this context, the role and the attitude of the central government, the attitude of the minority Hindu community ...
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... demands is unique to the modern world. The nationalist movement in India wanted to liberate the people from the constraints of British imperial rule. Nationalism is a revolutionary force that aims at transferring sovereignty from an ...
... demands is unique to the modern world. The nationalist movement in India wanted to liberate the people from the constraints of British imperial rule. Nationalism is a revolutionary force that aims at transferring sovereignty from an ...
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... demand for formal withdrawal from a central political authority by a member unit or units on the basis of a claim to independent sovereign status' (Hechter 1992:267). The persisting secessionist movements in India are the Sikh demands ...
... demand for formal withdrawal from a central political authority by a member unit or units on the basis of a claim to independent sovereign status' (Hechter 1992:267). The persisting secessionist movements in India are the Sikh demands ...
Contents
The Contradictory Unity of the Indian State | |
The Historical Roots of Sikh Communal Consciousness 14691947 | |
The Rise of Sikh National Consciousness 194795 | |
The Agrarian Crisis and the Rise of Armed Resistance The SocioEconomic | |
Transformation in Social Communication and Religious Controversy | |
Conclusion | |
Bibliography | |
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