208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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This timely and significant study explores the reasons behind the rise in Sikh militancy over the 1970s and 1980s. It also evaluates the violent response of the Indian State in fuelling and suppressing the Sikh separatist movement, resulting in a tragic sequence of events which has included the raiding of the Golden Temple at Amritsar and the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The book... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Trouble with Classic Theories of Nationalism; Chapter 2 The Contradictory Unity of the Indian State; Chapter 3 The Historical Roots of Sikh Communal Consciousness (1469–1947); Chapter 4 The Rise of Sikh National Consciousness (1947–95); Chapter 5 The Agrarian Crisis and the Rise of Armed Resistance; Chapter 6 Transformation in Social Communication and Religious Controversy; con Conclusion;
Biography
Harnik Deol
