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100	1		_aPurushotham, Sunil, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFrom raj to republic : _bsovereignty, violence, and democracy in India / _cSunil Purushotham.
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264		1	_aStanford, California : _bStanford University Press, _c2021.
300			_a345
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aSouth Asia in motion
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aBetween 1946 and 1952, the British Raj, the world's largest colony, was transformed into the Republic of India, the world's largest democracy. Independence, the Constituent Assembly Debates, the founding of the Republic, and India's first universal franchise general election occurred amidst the violence and displacement of the Partition, the uncertain and contested integration of the princely states, and the forceful quelling of internal dissent. This book investigates the ways in which these violent conjunctures constituted a postcolonial regime of sovereignty and shaped the historical development of democracy in India at the foundational moment of decolonization and national independence. From Raj to Republic presents a multifaceted history of sovereignty and democracy in India by linking together the princely state of Hyderabad's attempt to establish itself as an independent sovereign state, the partitioning of Punjab, and the communist-led revolutionary movement in the southern Indian region of Telangana. A national, territorial, republican, and liberal polity in India emerged out of a violent and contested process that forged new power relations and opened up historical trajectories with lasting consequences for modern India. _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aPolitical violence _zIndia _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aDemocracy _zIndia _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aConstitutional history _zIndia.
651		0	_aIndia _xPolitics and government _y1947-
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aPurushotham, Sunil. _tFrom Raj to republic. _dStanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021. _z9781503614550 _w(DLC) 2020021115
830		0	_aSouth Asia in motion.
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