Author: Sardul Singh CaveesharPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lahore
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Lahore Fort Torture Camp
Author: Sardul Singh CaveesharPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lahore
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
India and the British Empire
Author: Douglas M. PeersPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192513524
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
South Asian History has enjoyed a remarkable renaissance over the past thirty years. Its historians are not only producing new ways of thinking about the imperial impact and legacy on South Asia, but also helping to reshape the study of imperial history in general. The essays in this collection address a number of these important developments, delineating not only the complicated interplay between imperial rulers and their subjects in India, but also illuminating the economic, political, environmental, social, cultural, ideological, and intellectual contexts which informed, and were in turn informed by, these interactions. Particular attention is paid to a cluster of binary oppositions that have hitherto framed South Asian history, namely colonizer/colonized, imperialism/nationalism, and modernity/tradition, and how new analytical frameworks are emerging which enable us to think beyond the constraints imposed by these binaries. Closer attention to regional dynamics as well as to wider global forces has enriched our understanding of the history of South Asia within a wider imperial matrix. Previous impressions of all-powerful imperialism, with the capacity to reshape all before it, for good or ill, are rejected in favour of a much more nuanced image of imperialism in India that acknowledges the impact as well as the intentions of colonialism, but within a much more complicated historical landscape where other processes are at work.
Roads to Freedom
Author: Mushirul HasanPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199089671
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
In its most brutal form, the prison in British India was an instrument of the colonial state for instilling fear and dealing with resistance. Exploring the lived experience of select political prisoners, this volume presents their struggles and situates them against the backdrop of the freedom movement. From Mohamed Ali, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, the Nehru family, and Gandhi, to communists like M.N. Roy—we get a vivid glimpse of their lives within the confines of the prison in a narrative that is at times deeply personal and yet political. The struggles of some remarkable women of the time are also brought to the fore—be it the feisty doctor Rashid Jahan, Aruna Ali, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, or Sarojini Naidu. Extensively researched, the volume draws upon the records at the National Archives of India, private papers, creative writings of the prisoners, newspapers, memoirs, biographies, and autobiographies. The volume also brings to light the differences between Indian and European prisons during the colonial period and the conception of ‘criminal classes’ in the colony. Capturing the sharp pangs of loneliness, the poetry born out of solitude, and the burning desire for independence, Roads to Freedom breathes new life into accounts and tales long forgotten.
The Most Elusive Spy
Author: Chaudhry Muhammad HussainPublisher:
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Category : Spies
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Memoirs of a former intelligence officer of India and Pakistan about a German-Japanese spy ring headed by Ajaib Singh and his dramatic capture, conviction, and execution in Delhi in 1943.
A Guide to Lahore Fort
Author: Nazir Ahmad ChaudhryPublisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Political Prisoners and Trials
Author: James R. BennettPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Arranged by country, this text inlcudes articles from journals, pamphlets, organizational reports, and books on political prisoners and their trials.
Slavery in the Modern World [2 volumes]
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Author: Junius P. RodriguezPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1851097880
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 885
Book Description
This work is the first encyclopedia on the labor practices that constitute modern-day slavery—and the individuals and organizations working today to eradicate them. Slavery in the Modern World: A History of Political, Social, and Economic Oppression helps bring to light an often-ignored tragedy, opening readers' eyes to the devastated lives of those coerced into unpaid labor. It is the first and only comprehensive encyclopedia on practices that persist despite the efforts of antislavery advocates, nongovernmental organizations, and national legislation aimed at ending them. Ranging from the late-19th century to the present, Slavery in the Modern World examines the full extent of unfree labor practices in use today, as well as contemporary abolitionists and antislavery groups fighting these practices and legislative action from various nations aimed at exposing and shutting down slave operations and networks. The 450 alphabetically organized entries are the work of over 125 of the world's leading experts on modern slavery.
The Quit India Movement
Author: Arun Chandra BhuyanPublisher: New Delhi : Manas Publications
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Lahore Fort
Author: Nazir Ahmad ChaudhryPublisher: Sang-E-Meel Publication
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Political Prisoners in India
Author: Ujjwal Kumar SinghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Based On Offical Documents, Prison Memoirs And Interviews, This Work Argues That `Political Prisonerhood` Is Historically Constructed And Manifests The Intricacies Of Power Relationships At Particular Historical Moments.