From Raj to Republic: Sovereignty, Violence, and Democracy in India

by Sunil Purushotham

Book Overview

Between 1946 and 1952, the British Raj, the world's largest colony, was transformed into the Republic of India, the world's largest democracy. Independence, the Constituent Assembly Debates, the founding of the Republic, and India's first universal franchise general election occurred amidst the violence and displacement of the Partition, the uncertain and contested integration of the princely states, and the forceful quelling of internal dissent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503614549
• ISBN13: 9781503614543
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"