1st Edition
Citizenship, Community and Democracy in India From Bombay to Maharashtra, c. 1930 - 1960
By Oliver Godsmark
Copyright 2018
214 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
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On 1 May 1960, Bombay Province was bifurcated into the two new provinces of Gujarat and Maharashtra, amidst scenes of great public fanfare and acclaim. This decision marked the culmination of a lengthy campaign for the creation of Samyukta (‘united’) Maharashtra in western India, which had first been raised by some Marathi speakers during the interwar years, and then persistently demanded by... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Maharashtra Between the Wars: Community, Number and Territory 3. Plotting out the Province: Plans and Panics over Reorganisation 4. Selecting Congress Candidates in a Democratising Bombay 5. Region, Reservations and Government Recruitment 6. Classifying and Counting Language at the 1951 Census 7. Conclusion
Biography
Oliver Godsmark is currently Lecturer in International History at the University of Sheffield. He has published a number of articles on the history of late colonial and early postcolonial South Asia.
