From Subjects to Citizens :Society and the Everyday State in India and Pakistan, 1947–1970

Publication subTitle :Society and the Everyday State in India and Pakistan, 1947–1970

Author: Taylor C. Sherman;William Gould;Sarah Ansari;  

Publisher: Cambridge University Press‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9781316914014

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781107064270

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781107064270

Subject: K3 Asian History

Keyword: 亚洲史

Language: ENG

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From Subjects to Citizens

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The book offers a fresh and timely perspective on the broader field of early postcolonial South Asian history. This book explores the shift from colonial rule to independence in India and Pakistan, with the aim of unravelling the explicit meaning and relevance of 'independence' for the new citizens of India and Pakistan during the two decades post 1947. This book explores the shift from colonial rule to independence in India and Pakistan, with the aim of unravelling the explicit meaning and relevance of 'independence' for the new citizens of India and Pakistan during the two decades post 1947. This book explores the shift from colonial rule to independence in India and Pakistan, with the aim of unravelling the explicit meaning and relevance of 'independence' for the new citizens of India and Pakistan during the two decades post 1947. While the study of postcolonial South Asia has blossomed in recent years, this volume addresses a number of imbalances in this dynamic and highly popular field. Firstly, the histories of India and Pakistan after 1947 have been conceived separately, with many scholars assuming that the two states developed along divergent paths after independence. Thus, the dominant historical paradigm has been to examine either India or Pakistan in relative isolation from one another. Viewing the two states in the same frame not only allows the contributors of this volume to explore common themes, but also facilitates an exploration of the powerful continuities between the pre- and post-independence periods. Acknowledgements; Introduction Taylor C. Sherman, William Gould and Sarah Ansari; 1. Personal law and citizenship in India's transition to independence Eleanor Newbigin; 2. From subjects to citizens? Rationing, refugees and the publicity of corruption over independence in UP William Gould; 3. Performing peace: Gandhi's assassination as a critical moment in the consolidation of the Nehruvian state Yasmin Khan; 4. Migration, citizenship and belonging in Hyderabad (Deccan), 1946–1956 Taylor C. Sherman; 5. Punjabi refugees' rehabilitation and the Indian state: discourses, denials and dissonances Ian Talbot; 6. Sovereignty, governmentality and development in Ayub's Pakistan: the case of Korangi Township Markus Daechsel; 7. Everyday expectations of the state during Pakistan's early years: letters to the Editor, Dawn (Karachi), 1950–1953 Sarah Ansari; 8. Concrete 'progress': irrigation, development and modernity in mid-twentieth century Sind Daniel Haines; 9. Partition narratives: displaced trauma and culpability among British civil servants in 1940s Punjab Catherine Coombs; Contributors; Index.

Chapter

Devolution and Personal Law Reform in the 1920s

Reinforcing the Religious/Liberal Divide: Law Reform in the 1930s

Conclusion

2 From Subjects to Citizens? Rationing, Refugees and the Publicity of Corruption over Independence in UP

Introduction

The Changing Publicity of ‘Corruption’

The Politics of Corruption and Anti-corruption in the Supply Offices

Corruption, Citizenship and the Muslim Government Servant

Conclusion

3 Performing Peace: Gandhi’s Assassination as a Critical Moment in the Consolidation of the Nehruvian State

Introduction

Gandhi’s Funeral in New Delhi, 30 January–1 February 1948

A Fortnight of Mourning and the Immersion of Gandhi’s Ashes

The Distribution of Gandhi’s Ashes

Memorialization

Conclusion

4 Migration, Citizenship and Belonging in Hyderabad (Deccan), 1946–1956

Introduction

Hyderabad and its Place in the Imperial Economy of Migration

Independence, Partition and Hyderabad

The Official view of Afghans, Arabs and Pakistanis—Razakars and Outsiders

Repatriation and Reciprocity

Negotiating Citizenship

Self-Identification and Subversion

Conclusion

5 Punjabi Refugees’ Rehabilitation and the Indian State: Discourses, Denials and Dissonances

Introduction

Refugee Accounts

Explanations for the Dissonance between State and Individual Accounts of Rehabilitation

Conclusion

6 Sovereignty, Governmentality and Development in Ayub’s Pakistan: The Case of Korangi Township*

Introduction

‘Weak’ Governmentality and ‘Raw’ Sovereignty

Potemkin Comes to Pakistan

Ready-made ‘governmentality’,

Discipline without Security

Sovereignty in Concrete

Towards a Post-colonial Governmentality

7 Everyday Expectations of the State during Pakistan’s Early Years: Letters to the Editor, Dawn (Karachi), 1950–1953

Introduction

The Challenge

8 Concrete ‘Progress’: Irrigation, Development and Modernity in Mid-Twentieth Century Sind

Introduction

Water and Governance in Sind

The Opening Ceremonies

‘Progress’ and ‘Modernity’ under Changing Regimes

9 Partition Narratives: Displaced Trauma and Culpability among British Civil Servants in 1940s Punjab

Introduction

The ‘Loss’ of Power

Witnessing Violence

Interrogating the Transfer of Power

Conclusion

Contributors

Index

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