1st Edition

Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India Monuments, Memory, Contestation

By Hilal Ahmed Copyright 2014
    344 Pages
    by Routledge India

    344 Pages
    by Routledge India

    The book examines the postcolonial Muslim political discourse through monuments. It establishes a link between the process by which historic buildings become monuments and the gradual transformation of these historic/legal entities into political objects. The author studies the multiple interpretations of Indo-Islamic historical buildings aspolit

    Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Monumentalisation in Colonial India: Discovery of an Indian Muslim Architectural Heritage 3. Monumentalisation in Postcolonial India: Conservation, Law and Muslim Politics 4. Jama Masjid and the Political Memory of a Royal Muslim Past 5. Babri Masjid and the Muslim Politics of Right to Heritage 6. Conclusion. Appendices. Select Bibliography. About the Author. Index