Delhi reborn : partition and nation building in India's capital

Geva, Rotem.

Delhi reborn : partition and nation building in India's capital Rotem Geva - 1st ed. - Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2022. ©2022. - 1 online resource (258 pages) - South Asia in motion . - South Asia in motion .

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Cover -- Series -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Terms and Transliteration -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Dreaming Independence in the Colonial Capital -- 2. Partition Violence Shatters Utopia -- 3. An Uncertain State Confronts "Evacuee Property -- 4. Claiming the City and Nation in the Urdu Press -- 5. Citizens' Rights: Delhi's Law and Order Legacy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

Delhi Reborn revisits one of the most dramatic moments in the city's history, illustrating how the twin events of partition and independence remade Delh.

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1939-1955


Indisch-Pakistanischer Krieg
Entkolonialisierung


Delhi


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