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Abstract: In this MA thesis, I examine the history of the princely state of
Hyderabad from 1927 to 1951. Drawing from memoirs, newspapers, oral histories, and
autobiographies, I find that in these years leading up to the forcible accession of
Hyderabad to the Indian Union in a police action, communitarian rhetoric was employed in
the Indian nationalist and non-nationalist cases so as to mobilize ... read morereligious communities
for politically expedient ends. However, in the case of a peasant revolt in the state, the
Telangana Armed Struggle, communitarianism as a phenomenon did not play a role as the
movement was multi-faith in character. Furthermore, during this struggle, religious
identity, particularly Muslim identity, was articulated and framed in class
terms.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2013.
Submitted to the Dept. of History.
Advisors: Ayesha Jalal, and Kris Manjapra.
Keyword: History.read less
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