Muslim Belonging in Secular India

Auteur

Taylor C. Sherman is Associate Professor in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science where she teaches South Asian history as well as comparative imperial history. Her previous works include State Violence and Punishment in India (2009).

Texte du rabat

Using the princely state of Hyderabad as a case study, Sherman surveys the experience of Muslim communities in postcolonial India.

Résumé
In this thoughtful study, Sherman examines the experience of some of India's most prominent Muslim communities in the early postcolonial period. Using the princely state of Hyderabad as a case study, Sherman surveys early government policies and popular strategies that have shaped the history of Muslims in India since 1947.

Contenu

1. Introduction; 2. Moral economies of communal violence and refugee rehabilitation; 3. Unwinding Hyderabad's pan-Islamic networks; 4. Majority rule versus Mulki Rule: government service and the Hindu majority; 5. Secular Muslim politics in a democratic age; 6. From the language of the bazaar to a minority language: linguistic reorganisation in Hyderabad state and the fate of Urdu; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.