Sardar Patel
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Sardar Patel

An Icon of India's Unity

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eBook - ePub

Sardar Patel

An Icon of India's Unity

About this book

The political landscape of India has undergone significant transformation in the twenty-first century. With the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party as a strong nationalist force, historical figures such as Sardar Patel, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, and Deendayal Upadhyaya have been projected as key heroes of the freedom struggle alongside others. This has led to a redefinition and reprioritization of the leadership profile of the Indian independence movement.

This book tries to understand Sardar Patel not from the traditional approach of viewing him just as an integrator of princely states or Iron Man but investigate the different dimensions of Patel's thinking towards India. It discusses his ideas on secularism and minorities, status of women, ideas on cleanliness and environment, scheduled castes, Indian administration, farmers and agricultural rights and land reforms, India's foreign policy and relations with its neighbours especially China and the greater world powers.

First of its kind, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of Indian politics, Indian history, Nationalist movement, political sociology, and South Asian history.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 Introduction
  10. 2 The Essential Patel: Ideas, Practices and the Future Vision
  11. 3 Leadership Style and Mobilisation Strategies of Sardar Patel: A Study of the Kheda, Borsad, and Bardoli Satyagrahas
  12. 4 Gandhi, Patel, and Nehru: The Great Indian Triumvirate
  13. 5 Sardar Patel and the Framing of Fundamental Rights in India’s Constitution: Balancing of Liberal Principles with Pragmatic Constraints
  14. 6 Sardar Patel and the Making of Secular India
  15. 7 Service as a Response to Risk and Uncertainty: Patel and the Role of the Public Service Officer
  16. 8 Internal Security of India: The Sardar’s Perspective
  17. 9 Sardar Patel’s Imprint on India’s Strategic Orientation
  18. 10 Tibet and India–China Border Dispute: Some Reflections on Sardar Vallbhbhai Patel’s Perspective
  19. 11 Sardar Patel’s Perspective of Indian Nationalism
  20. 12 Ketan Mehta’s Sardar: A Perspectival Approach to History
  21. 13 Conclusions
  22. Index