The Aeroplane and the Making of Modern India
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28/02/2023
Hardback
304 pages
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ISBN:
9780192864208
Publication date:
28/02/2023
Hardback
304 pages
Aashique Ahmed Iqbal
Tracing the Indian state's engagement with aviation, both civil and military, from the Second World War to the nationalization of airlines in 1953, this book argues that aviation played a critical role in state formation in modern South Asia.
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Aashique Ahmed Iqbal
Description
From airports crowded with refugees desperate to flee Partition violence to the mountainous battlefields of Kashmir, aircraft proved indispensable to newly independent India. The aeroplane played a small but significant role in India's transformation from a British colony to an independent republic. Through the prism of aviation, both civil and military, 'The Aeroplane and the Making of Modern India' charts India's journey from the Second World War to the nationalization of Indian airline companies in 1953. For independent India, the aeroplane represented not only a powerful means of projecting state power but also a symbol of what it meant to be modern. This was not lost on other contenders for sovereignty in South Asia. Both Pakistan and the Indian princes also invested extensively in aviation in the hopes of bolstering their power and legitimacy in South Asia. Drawing on numerous archives, untapped personal collections, and newspaper reports in India and the United Kingdom, Aashique Iqbal provides the first comprehensive history of the Indian state's engagement with aviation. Featuring a rich cast of characters including Indian maharajas, Polish pilots, American entrepreneurs, Australian adventurers, and British Air Force officers, this book tells the story of how the aeroplane helped make modern India.
About the author:
Aashique Ahmed Iqbal is Assistant Professor of History at Krea University, India. He specializes in Modern South Asian History, and teaches courses on decolonization, revolutions, and Indian society. He has earlier taught at Shiv Nadar University.
Aashique Ahmed Iqbal
Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- Note on terminology and spellings
- Introduction
Chapter 1 Indian Aviation and the Second World War
Chapter 2 'Ittehad Mein Shakti' (Strength in Unity): Aviation and the Partition of India 1946-47
Chapter 3 War in Kashmir 1947-48
Chapter 4 Of Princes and Planes: Aviation in the Indian States 1931-48
Chapter 5 Towards Sovereign Skies: Aviation in Independent India 1948-53
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Glossary
Aashique Ahmed Iqbal
Description
From airports crowded with refugees desperate to flee Partition violence to the mountainous battlefields of Kashmir, aircraft proved indispensable to newly independent India. The aeroplane played a small but significant role in India's transformation from a British colony to an independent republic. Through the prism of aviation, both civil and military, 'The Aeroplane and the Making of Modern India' charts India's journey from the Second World War to the nationalization of Indian airline companies in 1953. For independent India, the aeroplane represented not only a powerful means of projecting state power but also a symbol of what it meant to be modern. This was not lost on other contenders for sovereignty in South Asia. Both Pakistan and the Indian princes also invested extensively in aviation in the hopes of bolstering their power and legitimacy in South Asia. Drawing on numerous archives, untapped personal collections, and newspaper reports in India and the United Kingdom, Aashique Iqbal provides the first comprehensive history of the Indian state's engagement with aviation. Featuring a rich cast of characters including Indian maharajas, Polish pilots, American entrepreneurs, Australian adventurers, and British Air Force officers, this book tells the story of how the aeroplane helped make modern India.
About the author:
Aashique Ahmed Iqbal is Assistant Professor of History at Krea University, India. He specializes in Modern South Asian History, and teaches courses on decolonization, revolutions, and Indian society. He has earlier taught at Shiv Nadar University.
Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- Note on terminology and spellings
- Introduction
Chapter 1 Indian Aviation and the Second World War
Chapter 2 'Ittehad Mein Shakti' (Strength in Unity): Aviation and the Partition of India 1946-47
Chapter 3 War in Kashmir 1947-48
Chapter 4 Of Princes and Planes: Aviation in the Indian States 1931-48
Chapter 5 Towards Sovereign Skies: Aviation in Independent India 1948-53
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Glossary
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