The Muslims of India

Description

Few can match A.G. Noorani in documenting evidence and presenting facts as they are...The book is the voice of a people....trying to come to grips with modern reality. - Business Standard

'This collection is useful, and deserves to get a wide welcome from those who are interested in...Muslim communities after the Partition of India. It should be owned, not borrowed [and] deserves serious attention.' - Mushirul Hasan, The Hindu

'...A veritable storehouse of information.' - The Telegraph



This volume presents important documents recording reactions of Muslims in the period following Independence and the Partition of India, and in the subsequent fifty years.

Besides key political developments, documents on topics such as Hindu revivalism and Muslim responses, the Babri Masjid question, the Supreme Court's ruling on the Shah Bano case, Rajiv Gandhi's discussions with Muslim leaders nad the issue of personal laws, provide insights into Muslim particip ation in post-Independence polity and society. This book will interest scholars and students of modern Indian history and politics, journalists, and general readers.

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Table of contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter I: Adjustment to new order (1947 1956)
Chapter II: Mobilization for redress of grievances (1961 1975)
Chapter III: Political strategy for grievance (1975 1980)
Chapter IV: Hindu revivalism and Muslim reaction
Chapter V: The Babri Masjid question (1986 1993)
Chapter VI: New trends in Muslim Politics (1994 2001)
Chapter VII: Development of Urdu language
Chapter VIII: Aligarh Muslim University
Chapter IX: Indian Muslims and Kashmir Question