Legacy of a divided nation : India's Muslims since independence / Mushirul Hasan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasan, Mushirul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Political activity--India.

Muslims.

Muslims--Political activity.

India.

Islam and politics--India.

Islam and politics.

India--Politics and government--1857-1919.

Politics and government.

India--Politics and government--1919-1947.

Physical Description:

xv, 383 pages : map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hurst & Co., [1997]

Contents:

The myth of Muslim unity: colonial and national narratives

Making a separate nation

India partitioned: the other face of freedom

Secularism: the post-colonial predicament

Forging secular identities

Redefining boundaries: modernist interpretations and the new 'intellectual structures'

Empowering differences: political actions, sectarian violence and the retreat of secularism

Ayodhya and its consequences: reappraising minority identity

Appendix A. Distribution of Muslim population in India

Appendix B. The Divine Law

Appendix C. Resolutions of the All-India Jamiyat-Ulama-i Islam conference, Calcutta, 31 October 1945

Appendix D. 'What does secularism mean?'

Appendix E. 'Myths relating to minorities in India.'

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-367) and index.

ISBN:

1850652341

1850653046

OCLC:

36956251