Aryendra Chakravartty

Bihar in Colonial India

Region in the Making of a Nation. Sprachen: Englisch. 24,0 cm / 16,1 cm / 1,7 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Hardcover), 232 Seiten
EAN 9781350467316
Veröffentlicht Februar 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Bloomsbury Academic

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This book points to the indispensability of the province in shaping and strengthening ideas of the nation in 20th century India.Focusing on the region of Bihar, it shows how its distinctively regional identity was not in opposition to colonial politics or nationalist sentiments, but was itself a product of colonial and national imaginings.
The separation of Bihar, hailed by some as the 'royal province' of India and the cradle of Indian cultural and civilization, realigned the region not as 'backward' and 'provincial' but as the core of an Indian national imagination. Yet it also sparked multiple, contrasting narratives and differences; from questions about territorial realignment, to tensions between Biharis and Bengalis, and the question of language. Transforming the province into a cohesive cultural space was only possible by invoking the nation and its associated historical and cultural imagination, by memorializing its archaeological past and documenting its history.
Challenging the assertion that regional differences undermine claims of united, nationalist ideas, and threaten to tear through the fabric of national identity, this book argues that the region-nation relationship is more symbiotic and demonstrates the crucial role that regional movements play in defining and validating the nationalist imagination.

Portrait

Aryendra Chakravartty is Associate Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University, USA. He has published several peer reviewed essays in journals such as Modern Asian Studies, Indian Historical Review and Indian Economic and Social History Review.He is currently President of Society for Advancing the History of South Asia (SAHSA), an affiliate of the American Historical Association (AHA).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Debating Separation: Creating a Public, Configuring a Community 2. Regionally Speaking: Colonial Policies, Print Culture and Hindi 19th century Bihar 3. Buried Past: Archaeology and the Discovery of Ancient Bihar 4. Preserving History: Modern Institutions and Ancient Past 5. Challenging the Region: Mithila and the Limits to a Bihari Imagination Conclusion Bibliography Index

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