Nationalism in India - Past and Present - Habib, Irfan
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A persuasive redefinition of nationalism by one of the most eminent historians of India.   What makes a people living in a mere âgeographical expressionâ? a nation? From the French Revolution onwards, the word ânationâ? came to denote a people who wish to be collectively free. But free from whatâ¿colonial rule and inequality? Or religious and cultural diversity?   In this timely and succinct essay, Irfan Habib charts Indiaâ¿s struggle to consolidate a nationalist identity, to identify what it sought to be free from. Even as the colonial regime denied the very possibility of nationalism in…mehr

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A persuasive redefinition of nationalism by one of the most eminent historians of India.   What makes a people living in a mere âgeographical expressionâ? a nation? From the French Revolution onwards, the word ânationâ? came to denote a people who wish to be collectively free. But free from whatâ¿colonial rule and inequality? Or religious and cultural diversity?   In this timely and succinct essay, Irfan Habib charts Indiaâ¿s struggle to consolidate a nationalist identity, to identify what it sought to be free from. Even as the colonial regime denied the very possibility of nationalism in the subcontinent, opposition to British rule fomented just such a sentiment. But resistance against colonial exploitation alone could not unify the Indian people. Internal inequalitiesâ¿caste, poverty, religious bigotryâ¿remained (and still remain) to be tackled.  
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Irfan Habib is professor emeritus in the Department of History at Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh, India.