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Books on: india independence

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Whose India? The Independence Struggle in British and Indian Fiction and History

Book by Teresa Hubel; Duke University Press, 1996

Subjects:

Anglo-Indian Fiction--History And Criticism, English Fiction--Indic Influences, India--History--Autonomy And Independence Movements--Historiography, India--In Literature, Indic Fiction (English)--History And Criticism, Kipling, Rudyard--1865-1936--Knowledge--India

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Whose India? Whose India? The Independence Struggle in British and...adequate to describe the all-India independence movement that won Indians...accommodate the situation in India prior to Indian Independence in 1947, for it does...
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The Eagle and the Peacock: U.S. Foreign Policy toward India since Independence

Book by M. Srinivas Chary; Greenwood Press, 1995

Subjects:

India--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--India

Collections: History, Entire Library

A diplomatic history of American foreign policy toward India since 1947 that analyzes the forces of the Cold War in setting policy both between and within the two nations.
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Literary Radicalism in India: Gender, Nation and the Transition to Independence

Book by Priyamvada Gopal; Routledge, 2005

Subjects:

All-India Progressive Writers Association--History, Gender Identity In Literature--History And Criticism, Indic Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Nationalism In Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Literary Radicalism in India situates postcolonial Indian literature in relation to the hugely influential radical literary movements initiated by the Progressive Writers Association and the Indian People's Theatre Association. In so doing, it redresses a visible historical gap in studies of ...
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Literary Radicalism in India situates postcolonial Indian literature in relation to the hugely influential radical literary movements initiated by the Progressive Writers Association and the Indian People's Theatre Association. In so doing, it redresses a visible historical gap in studies of postcolonial India. Through readings of major fiction, pamphlets and cinema, this book also shows how gender was of constitutive importance in the struggle to define 'India' during the transition to independence.
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India since Independence: Talking it Over

Book by Robert Trumbal; Foreign Policy Association, 1954

Subjects:

India--History--1947-

Collections: History, Entire Library

...INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE, by Robert Trumbull...urging Britain to give India its independence. Now that India is free...Card No. 54-10570 347 India Since Independence by Robert Trumbull...
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Building Democracy in South Asia: India, Nepal, Pakistan

Book by Maya Chadda; Lynne Rienner, 2000

Subjects:

Democracy--India, Democracy--Nepal, Democracy--Pakistan, Democratization--India, Democratization--Nepal, Democratization--Pakistan, India--Politics And Government--1977-, Nepal--Politics And Government--1990-, Pakistan--Politics And Government--1988-

Collections: Entire Library

...democracy take root in India in the first four decades after independence while it failed repeatedly...before choosing among India, Pakistan, or independence. The dangers for...first two decades of independence, India faced external mil...

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Journal Articles on: india independence

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India after Independence

Journal article by Stanley A. Kochanek; Pacific Affairs, Vol. 74, 2001

Subjects:

Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, INDIA AFTER INDEPENDENCE (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

India after Independence. by STANLEY A. KOCHANEK INDIA AFTER INDEPENDENCE. By Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee...authors detailed review of post-independence India suffers from several shortcomings...
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Whose Independence? the Social Impact of Economic Reform in India

Journal article by Smitu Kothari; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 51, 1997

Subjects:

India--Social aspects, Political corruption--Social aspects, Poverty--Social aspects, Unemployment--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

Whose Independence? The Social Impact...Economic Reform in India. by Smitu...economic condition and independence of the country...of its cities, India seems to be thriving...four decades after independence in 1947, India managed to keep...
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Terrorism in India during the Freedom Struggle

Journal article by Peter Heehs; The Historian, Vol. 55, 1993

Subjects:

India--Autonomy and independence movements, National liberation movements--History, Terrorism--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...movement for Indias independence, many believe that India achieved its...Salutation to Mother India). He defined...complete political independence, "a free national...Struggle for Independence (New Delhi, 1989...Freedom Movement in India (Bombay, 1958...
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Congress Decline and Party Pluralism in India

Journal article by Christopher Candland; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 51, 1997

Subjects:

Bharatiya Janata Party (India)--Political activity, Gandhi, Mohandas K.--Political activity, India--History, Indian National Congress (India)--History, Political parties--India

Collections: Entire Library

...change in the 50 years since independence in India. Do these changes, most...have been regularly held in India since independence at national, state and local...Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence (Cambridge: Cambridge University...
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"The Greater Part of My Life Has Been Spent in India": Autobiography and the Crisis of Empire in the Twentieth Century

Journal article by Mary A. Procida; Biography, Vol. 25, 2002

Subjects:

Autobiographies--India, Colonies--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Imperialism--Social aspects, India--History

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...with the empire, hastened independence for India, which was finally achieved...imperial officials still in India at independence departed shortly after 1947...disastrous. Those who remained in India after independence found the once familiar country...

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Magazine Articles on: india independence

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One Family's Tryst with Destiny: As India Celebrates Six Decades of Independence on This Year, Examines How, in the World's Largest Democracy, One Family Has Come to Take Centre Stage in Politics, as If by Divine Right

Magazine article by Jad Adams; History Today, Vol. 57, September 2007

Subjects:

Clans--History, Clans--Political activity, Gandhi, Indira--Evaluation, Gandhi, Indira--Family, Independence Day (India)--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Indian history--Political aspects, Nehru, Jawaharlal--Appreciation, Nehru, Jawaharlal--Family, Prime ministers--Appreciation, Prime ministers--Family, September--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

Collections: History, Entire Library

...with Destiny: As India Celebrates Six Decades of Independence on This Year, Examines...British rule and the independence struggle, The Discovery of India, written while...government, he was in India to broker a deal to end independence agitation--a deal...
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Architecture and Independence: The Search for Identity - India, 1880 to 1980

Magazine article by Dan Cruickshank; The Architectural Review, Vol. 205, February 1999

Subjects:

Books--Reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Architecture and Independence: The Search for Identity - India, 1880 to 1980...environment in India - the clashes...values after independence; between architects...Buildings in India a status symbol...Architecture of Independence is yet one more...
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Upsurge in Indian Investment: Trade Links between India and Africa Go Back Thousands of Years but Prospered Relatively Little after the Independence Period. Now, These Ancient Links Are Being Re-established and Indian Investment into Africa Is Growing

Magazine article by Neil Ford; African Business, December 2003

Collections: Entire Library

...Trade Links between India and Africa Go Back Thousands...Relatively Little after the Independence Period. Now, These Ancient...Sterlite Industries of India, following the decision...opportunity for Africa since independence. Thats not a small statement...African markets and India is keen to co-operate...
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Rhythms of India: Sixty Years after India's Independence, This Exhibition Highlights the Ideals of the Visionaries Who Succeeded in Its Achievement

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 136, March 2008

Subjects:

Bose, Nandalal--Exhibitions, Painting (Art)--Exhibitions, Painting--Exhibitions

Collections: Entire Library

Rhythms of India: Sixty Years after Indias Independence, This Exhibition Highlights the Ideals of the Visionaries...expansive repertoire, and it marks the 60th anniversary of independence in India and the assassination of Gandhi. ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED...
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India Partitioned as Raj Withdraws

Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 47, August 1997

Subjects:

Independence Day (India)--History, India--History, Pakistan--History, United Kingdom--Relations with India

Collections: History, Entire Library

...came south into India. However, on...realisation of independence and self-determination...inhabitants of India, independence meant bidding farewell...in the Cold War: India maintaining a strict...Asia. The day of independence represented the...

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Newspaper Articles on: india independence

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ANALYSIS: How India Swapped One Dependance for Another; It Might Be Celebrating 60 Years of Independence This Week but India Continues to Deny Its Own Rich History and Heritage, Says Former Birmingham Poet Laureate Roshan Doug

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 14, 2007

Subjects:

Poets--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Celebrating 60 Years of Independence This Week but India Continues to Deny...desperation. He had left India only a few years after it gained Independence from the British...point is that todays India, despite its independence, continues to deny...
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A Land Divides but People Come Together; India Celebrates 60 Years of Independence Today - Pakistan Had Its Day in the Sun Yesterday. Alastair Gilmour Looks at the Creation of Two Nations and Traces Two Families Whose Lives Were Directly Affected by the Massive Change That Ended Colonial Rule

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), August 15, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Come Together; India Celebrates 60 Years of Independence Today - Pakistan...colonial rule. India celebrates its independence today. In Karachi...On the eve of Independence Day, Pakistan sent...border illegally. India yesterday returned...
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Independence Day of India

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 15, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Independence Day of India. INDIA celebrates its Independence Day today. The Philippines and...congratulate the people and government of India and its Embassy in the Philippines...Sharma on the occasion of their Independence Day.
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Time for the Old Master to Listen to the New Power; ANALYSIS as Pakistan and India Celebrate Independence, Birmingham Should Be Looking to Forge Closer Relationships with the Sub-Continent, Says Nick Matthews

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 15, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Listen to the New Power; ANALYSIS as Pakistan and India Celebrate Independence, Birmingham Should Be Looking to Forge Closer...half a million people. So when the 60th year of independence of India and Pakistan is celebrated it will be tempered...
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Travel: KOLKATA REBORN; University Education in Wrexham as India Celebrates 60 Years of Independence, Malcolm Handley Visits a City Making a Mockery of Its Reputation as the Slum Capital of Bengal

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), August 18, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...University Education in Wrexham as India Celebrates 60 Years of Independence, Malcolm Handley Visits a City...a major source of wealth for India for the next three decades. In contrast, Partition at Independence was devastating; millions of...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: india independence

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India

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of India in 1877. India Moves toward Independence With the setting...the Muslim League. Independence and the India-Pakistan Split...the center of the independence movement. Sikh protests across India added to the political...
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South India, Church Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Discussions concerning union had begun at a conference at Tranquebar (now Tarangambadi) in 1919, and in 1947, after India attained independence, the union was completed. The Church of South India has its own service book and communion service, both of...
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India-Pakistan Wars

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...flee to India. When Pakistan attacked Indian airfields in Kashmir, India attacked both East and West Pakistan. It occupied the eastern half, which declared its independence as Bangladesh , on Dec. 6, 1971. Under great-power pressure, a UN...
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Hyderabad , Former State and Modern City, India

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...nizams (rulers) sought to maintain their independence, but the dynasty was forced to accede...transferred to British administration. When India was partitioned (1947), the nizam, one...religious battles, allegedly staged by India, the Indian army invaded Hyderabad in...
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East India Company, French

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Mauritius). By 1719 the company had established itself in India but was near bankruptcy. In that year it was combined under...Compagnie des Indes (see Mississippi Scheme ). It resumed independence in 1723. With the decline of the Mughal empire, the French...

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