Showing papers in "Studies in History in 2020"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors outline some of the key historiographical debates concerning caste, 'tribe' and criminality, and their relationship to the modern state, in South Asia.
Abstract: This introduction outlines some of the key historiographical debates concerning caste, ‘tribe’ and criminality, and their relationship to the modern state, in South Asia. Although these social cate...
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TL;DR: The past-present continuum of criminal tribes have proven to be piecemeal, sporadic, and awkward as discussed by the authors. But, avoiding some characteristic pitfalls, a historical survey of the criminal tribes can be found here.
Abstract: Efforts aimed at canvassing the past–present continuum of criminal tribes, though appreciable, have proven to be piecemeal, sporadic and awkward. Avoiding some characteristic pitfalls, a historical...
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TL;DR: Aparjith Ramnath as discussed by the authors, The Birth of an Indian Profession: Engineers, Industry, and the State 1900-47, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2017, 288 pp., ₹895 (Hardback).
Abstract: Aparjith Ramnath, The Birth of an Indian Profession: Engineers, Industry, and the State 1900–47, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2017, 288 pp., ₹895 (Hardback).
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TL;DR: The problem with the official archival sources for India's so-called "Criminal Tribes" is that there is very little that captures the everyday lives of communities who were subjected to the atrocities.
Abstract: One of the key problems with the official archival sources for India’s so-called ‘Criminal Tribes’ is that there is very little that captures the everyday lives of communities who were subjected to...
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TL;DR: Moonje and Ambedkar jointly proposed mass conversions of the "untouchables" to Sikhism as mentioned in this paper, and the mass conversions were carried out by the Indian Mahasabha and the Dalit leader and trenchant critic of Hinduism Dr B. S. R.
Abstract: In June 1936, the Hindu Mahasabha leader B. S. Moonje and the Dalit leader and trenchant critic of Hinduism Dr B. R. Ambedkar jointly proposed mass conversions of the ‘untouchables’ to Sikhism. Acc...
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TL;DR: The Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) of 1871 was a project to geographically redistribute and immobilize criminalized populations on the basis of family units as discussed by the authors, and family ties were a key site of contestation.
Abstract: The Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) of 1871 was a project to geographically redistribute and immobilize criminalized populations on the basis of family units. Family ties were a key site of contestation ...
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TL;DR: In contemporary India, the arena of identity politics and reservation is highly contentious, with groups clamouring for official recognition within the categories of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled T... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In contemporary India, the arena of identity politics and ‘reservations’ is highly contentious, with groups clamouring for official recognition within the categories of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled T...
TL;DR: In this paper, the changing importance, in Sikh history, of Baghel Singh, a Sikh military commander in eighteenth-century Punjab, and the significance of the most recent events commemorating...
Abstract: This article examines the changing importance, in Sikh history, of Baghel Singh, a Sikh military commander in eighteenth-century Punjab, and the significance of the most recent events commemorating...