The Making Of Modern Kashmir
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The Making Of Modern Kashmir
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Author : Altaf Hussain Para
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2018-12-07
The Making Of Modern Kashmir written by Altaf Hussain Para and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-07 with History categories.
This book traces the roots of modern-day Kashmir and the role of Sheikh Abdullah in its making. As the most influential political figurehead in twentieth-century Kashmir, he played a crucial role in its transformation from a kingdom to a state in independent India. He was enigmatic and complex, to say the least. Following his meteoric rise, he dominated the political scene for more than 50 years, with enduring impact. The volume presents a keen analysis of pre-Independence events which led to the emergence of a controversial and confused identity of the region. It also looks at other major themes in the political life of Kashmir, including the formation of the Muslim Conference, the plebiscite movement and the Kashmir Accord. A major intervention in the political life of South Asia, this book presents an inside-view of the history of modern Kashmir through the life and times of Sheikh Abdullah. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics, history, and modern South Asia.
The Missionary And The Maharajas
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Author : Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-12-18
The Missionary And The Maharajas written by Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-18 with History categories.
Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe polarised opinion in early 20th India by his unconventional methods of educating Kashmiris and, through them, changing the social order of a society steeped in old superstitions. He was a man of contradictions: a Christian and a boxer, a missionary who made very few converts, a staunch supporter of British imperialism and a friend of Kashmir's political reformers. He made enemies of the Hindu Establishment, who described him as 'exceedingly a bad man and one too much fond of cricket,' but earned the respect of two successive Hindu Maharajas, as well as the Muslim leader, who succeeded them. He was 27 when he became the Principal of the Church Missionary Society's school in Kashmir in 1890 and he left as India gained independence in 1947. His vision was of a school in action, vigorously involved in the affairs and problems of the city of Srinagar, to support the weak and to fight corruption wherever it occurred. Under his leadership the masters and boys were engaged in fighting fires in the city, saving people from drowning, taking hospital patients for outings on the lakes, helping women and removing the ban on the remarriage of young widows. His avowed purpose was to make his students into honest, fearless leaders, who would serve their beloved country of Kashmir. The book begins with the medieval condition of Kashmir in the nineteenth century; describes the development of his unusual approach to education; explores the many challenges he had to overcome, including his chronic bad health, his difficulties with the CMS and the opposition of the Hindu establishment and State Government; and contrasts this with the speedy and enthusiastic acceptance by his young Kashmiri teachers and students of what he was offering and how together they transformed their society and prepared Kashmir for independence.
Culture And Political History Of Kashmir
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Author : Prithvi Nath Kaul Bamzai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Culture And Political History Of Kashmir written by Prithvi Nath Kaul Bamzai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
Kashmir
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Author : Chitralekha Zutshi
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-11-08
Kashmir written by Chitralekha Zutshi and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-08 with History categories.
This collection of essays discusses the less well-known aspects and areas of Kashmir on the seventieth anniversary of Indian independence.
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
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Author : Ajit Bhattacharjea
language : en
Publisher: Roli Books
Release Date : 2008
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah written by Ajit Bhattacharjea and has been published by Roli Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Jammu and Kashmir (India) categories.
Sheikh Abdullah: Tragic Hero of Kashmir is the first comprehensive, well-documented account of the life of the charismatic leader, the Lion of Kashmir, who contributed crucially to the making of modern India in terms of territory and more importantly to its founding ideology of secularism. The story begins well before independence. Kashmir was the scene of a distinctive political transformation in the late 1930s. In contrast to rise of the Muslim League in much of the subcontinent - which was to lead to partition - the most popular party in the valley turned away from communal politics and embraced secularism. On 11 June 1939, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was successful in changing the name of the party he was leading from Kashmir Muslim Conference to National Conference, and invited all to join it. Backed by Nehru's friendship, Abdullah rose to become the first popular Prime Minister of the State, but also the target of conservative and communal forces in India. His demand that the pledge of special status for the State in the accession documents be honoured was described as anti-national, even pro-Pakistani. As revealed in the book, Home Minister Vallabhbhai Patel offered to resign on the issue. The letters he and Nehru wrote to Gandhi explaining their differences make fascinating reading. The intrigue that led to Abdullah's downfall and arrest on 8 August 1953, is well documented as is the role of the Home Ministry's Intelligence Bureau. The elaborate conspiracy case it built up was belatedly rejected by Nehru himself. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, the author takes us through Abdullah's long, tragic periods of detention until he was persuaded to return to Jammu and Kashmir as Chief Minister. He demonstrated his continuing popularity by winning an election before his death in 1982.
A Modern History Of Jammu And Kashmir Volume Two The Karan Singh Years 1949 1967
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Author : Harbans Singh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-10-25
A Modern History Of Jammu And Kashmir Volume Two The Karan Singh Years 1949 1967 written by Harbans Singh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-25 with History categories.
The Modern History of Jammu and Kashmir, Volume Two: The Karan Singh Years (1949- 1967) examines the politics of the period that followed Maharaja Hari Singh's exile from the State in 1949. Focusing on Hari Singh's son, the book examines the history of Jammu and Kashmir through Yuvraj Karan Singh's journey from becoming the Regent at the young age of eighteen, then the Sadar-i-Riyasat and finally the Governor. During the challenging time when the Sheikh Abdullah-led National Conference and the Dogra-backed Praja Parishad were locked in a fierce tugof-war for control of the State, it was the Yuvraj who prevailed as the voice of reason. He strove to maintain equitable power sharing between the three major provinces-Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh-throughout the eighteen years of his career in Jammu and Kashmir. The major political changes during Karan Singh's time-the judicious use of the provisions of Article 370 and the further integration of Jammu and Kashmir with India, among others-also had a crucial effect of consolidating the future of the State with that of the country. A sense of mutual respect and cooperation was forged between Delhi and the Jammu and Kashmir leaders. Relying on both historical sources and the vast correspondence Karan Singh had with Jawaharlal Nehru and later Indira Gandhi, this second volume of Harbans Singh's magisterial trilogy is both a biography of a remarkable man as well as a fresh look at the history and politics behind the making of modernday Jammu and Kashmir.
Muslim Women Agency And Resistance Politics
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Author : Inshah Malik
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-11-16
Muslim Women Agency And Resistance Politics written by Inshah Malik and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-16 with Political Science categories.
This book investigates agency in the historical resistance movement in Kashmir by initiating a fresh conversation about Muslim Kashmiri women. It exhibits Muslim women not merely as accidental victims but conscientious agents who choose to operate within the struggles of self-determination. The experience of victimization stimulates women to take control of their lives and press for change. Despite experiencing isolating political conditions, Kashmiri women do not internalize their supposed inferiority. The author shows that women’s struggles against patriarchy are at the heart of a very complex historical resistance to the Indian rule.
In Kashmir
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Author : Seema Kazi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
In Kashmir written by Seema Kazi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Kashmir is the world’s most heavily militarized region—once described as both “an earthly paradise and the nuclear powder keg of South Asia.” Since the 1947 partition of “British” India, the independent state of Kashmir has been under constant siege, with Pakistan and India in violent dispute over its territory while riding a downward spiral of “tit for tat” militarization on their borders and in their own streets. Although millions of Kashmiri civilians—and ultimately the world at large—are caught in the crosshairs of this deadly and potentially nuclear impasse, Kashmir’s complex struggle for self-determination has been largely ignored and for far too long. In Kashmir breaks the silence engulfing this long battle for justice, focusing on the determined resistance of Kashmiri women to this pervasive multi-state violence. Making thoughtful use of rare, candid interviews, Seema Kazi constructs global lessons from the daily experiences of women living under and resisting intensifying militarization and its terrible instruments—sexual violence, murder, family destruction, grinding poverty, and social death. Cutting through international relations rhetoric and “common sense” notions of Western-style nation-building, Kazi boldly holds a mirror in one hand and a warning in the other: the world may continue to ignore Kashm Award-winning author Seema Kazi is an internationally regarded expert on feminism, human rights, and violence against women around the world. She lives in New Delhi.
Modern Kashmir
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Author : S.K. Sharma Et Al.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Modern Kashmir written by S.K. Sharma Et Al. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Jammu and Kashmir (India) categories.
Body Of Victim Body Of Warrior
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Author : Cabeiri deBergh Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2013-03-08
Body Of Victim Body Of Warrior written by Cabeiri deBergh Robinson and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-08 with Social Science categories.
This book provides a fascinating look at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Basing the book on her long-term fieldwork in the disputed borderlands between Pakistan and India, Cabeiri deBergh Robinson tells the stories of people whose lives and families have been shaped by a long history of political conflict. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, Robinson explains how refuge-seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why this devaluation has turned refugee men into potential militants. She reveals the fraught social processes by which individuals and families produce and maintain a modern jihad, and she shows how Muslim refugees have forged an Islamic notion of rights—a hybrid of global political ideals that adopts the language of human rights and humanitarianism as a means to rethink refugees’ positions in transnational communities. Jihad is no longer seen as a collective fight for the sovereignty of the Islamic polity, but instead as a personal struggle to establish the security of Muslim bodies against political violence, torture, and rape. Robinson describes how this new understanding has contributed to the popularization of jihad in the Kashmir region, decentered religious institutions as regulators of jihad in practice, and turned the families of refugee youths into the ultimate mediators of entrance into militant organizations. This provocative book challenges the idea that extremism in modern Muslim societies is the natural by-product of a clash of civilizations, of a universal Islamist ideology, or of fundamentalist conversion.