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The Making of Indian Secularism: Empire, Law and Christianity, 1830-1960 1st ed. 2011 Edition
Author(s): N. Chatterjee (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: January 1, 2011
- Edition: 1st ed. 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 351 pages
- ISBN-10: 134930557X
- ISBN-13: 9781349305575
Book Description
A unique study of how a deeply religious country like India acquired the laws and policies of a secular state, highlighting the contradictory effects of British imperial policies, the complex role played by Indian Christians, and how this highly divided community shaped its own identity and debated that of their new nation.
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About the Author
NANDINI CHATTERJEE has studied at universities in India, the Netherlands and the UK, completing her PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. She was Lecturer in South Asian History at Cambridge 2004-05, and held the British Academy Postdoctoral fellowship at King’s College London, 2008-09. She is currently Lecturer in History at the University of Plymouth, UK.
