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Defining a Nation - Ainslie T. Embree & Mark C Carnes

By Ainslie T. Embree & Mark C Carnes

Release Date: 2022-07-01

Genre: Asian History

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Defining a Nation is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britainā€™s largest colony. Will the British transfer power to the Indian National Congress, which claims to speak for all Indians? Or will a separate Muslim stateā€”Pakistanā€”be carved out of India to be ruled by Muslims, as the Muslim League proposes? And what will happen to the vulnerable minoritiesā€”such as the Sikhs and untouchablesā€”or the hundreds of princely states? As British authority wanes, tensions among Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs smolder and increasingly flare into violent riots that threaten to ignite all India. Towering above it all is the frail but formidable figure of Gandhi, whom some revere as an apostle of nonviolence and others regard as a conniving Hindu politician. Students struggle to reconcile religious identity with nation buildingā€”perhaps the most intractable and important issue of the modern world. Texts include the literature of Hindu revival (Chatterjee, Tagore, and Tilak); the Koran and the literature of Islamic nationalism (Iqbal); and the writings of Ambedkar, Nehru, Jinnah, and Gandhi.

Defining a Nation - Ainslie T. Embree & Mark C Carnes

By Ainslie T. Embree & Mark C Carnes

Release Date: 2022-07-01

Genre: Asian History

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Defining a Nation is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britainā€™s largest colony. Will the British transfer power to the Indian National Congress, which claims to speak for all Indians? Or will a separate Muslim stateā€”Pakistanā€”be carved out of India to be ruled by Muslims, as the Muslim League proposes? And what will happen to the vulnerable minoritiesā€”such as the Sikhs and untouchablesā€”or the hundreds of princely states? As British authority wanes, tensions among Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs smolder and increasingly flare into violent riots that threaten to ignite all India. Towering above it all is the frail but formidable figure of Gandhi, whom some revere as an apostle of nonviolence and others regard as a conniving Hindu politician. Students struggle to reconcile religious identity with nation buildingā€”perhaps the most intractable and important issue of the modern world. Texts include the literature of Hindu revival (Chatterjee, Tagore, and Tilak); the Koran and the literature of Islamic nationalism (Iqbal); and the writings of Ambedkar, Nehru, Jinnah, and Gandhi.

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