From Subjects to Citizens
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From Subjects to Citizens

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

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From Subjects to Citizens

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

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Personal Law and Citizenship in India’s Transition to Independence
  8. 2 From Subjects to Citizens? Rationing, Refugees and the Publicity of Corruption over Independence in UP
  9. 3 Performing Peace: Gandhi’s Assassination as a Critical Moment in the Consolidation of the Nehruvian State
  10. 4 Migration, Citizenship and Belonging in Hyderabad (Deccan), 1946–1956
  11. 5 Punjabi Refugees’ Rehabilitation and the Indian State: Discourses, Denials and Dissonances
  12. 6 Sovereignty, Governmentality and Development in Ayub’s Pakistan: The Case of Korangi Township*
  13. 7 Everyday Expectations of the State during Pakistan’s Early Years: Letters to the Editor, Dawn (Karachi), 1950–1953
  14. 8 Concrete ‘Progress’: Irrigation, Development and Modernity in Mid-Twentieth Century Sind
  15. 9 Partition Narratives: Displaced Trauma and Culpability among British Civil Servants in 1940s Punjab
  16. Contributors
  17. Index