Colonizing Kashmir : state-building under Indian occupation, 1953-1963 /
Kanjwal, Hafsa,
Colonizing Kashmir : state-building under Indian occupation, 1953-1963 / Hafsa Kanjwal. - 1 online resource (xiii, 366 pages). - South Asia in motion . - South Asia in motion. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genealogies of colonial occupation and state-building : becoming Khalid-i-Kashmir -- Narrating normalization : media, propaganda and foreign policy amid Cold War politics -- Producing and promoting paradise : tourism, cinema and the desire for Kashmir -- Developing dependency : economic planning, financial integration and corruption -- Shaping subjectivities : education, secularism and its discontent -- Jashn-e-Kashmir : patronage and the institutionalization of Kashmiri culture -- The state of emergency : state repression, political dissent, and the struggle for self-determination.
"The Indian government, touted as the world's largest democracy, often repeats that Jammu and Kashmir--its only Muslim-majority state--is "an integral part of India." The region, which is disputed between India and Pakistan, and is considered the world's most militarized zone, has been occupied by India for over seventy years. In this book, Hafsa Kanjwal interrogates how Kashmir was made "integral" to India through a study of the decade long rule (1953-1963) of Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, the second Prime Minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Drawing upon a wide array of bureaucratic documents, propaganda materials, memoirs, literary sources, and oral interviews in English, Urdu, and Kashmiri, Kanjwal examines the intentions, tensions, and unintended consequences of Bakshi's state-building policies in the context of a colonial occupation in a moment of Indian decolonization. She reveals how the state government tailored its policies to empower Kashmir's Muslims while also showing how these policies were marked by inter-religious tension, corruption, and political repression. Challenging the binaries of colonial and postcolonial, Kanjwal historicizes India's occupation of Kashmir through processes of emotional integration, development, normalization, and empowerment to highlight the new hierarchies of power and domination that emerged in the aftermath of decolonization. In doing so, she urges us to question the sovereignty claims of India, as well as the modern nation-state"--
9781503636040 1503636046
2022044638
Bakhshi, Ghulam Mohammad, 1907-1972.
Since 1900
Muslims--History--India--Jammu and Kashmir--20th century.
Colonies--Administration
Muslims
Politics and government
Jammu and Kashmir (India)--Politics and government--20th century.
India--Colonies--Administration--History--20th century.
India--History--1947-
Inde--Histoire--1947-
India
India--Jammu and Kashmir
History
DS485.K27 / K355 2023
954/.6
Colonizing Kashmir : state-building under Indian occupation, 1953-1963 / Hafsa Kanjwal. - 1 online resource (xiii, 366 pages). - South Asia in motion . - South Asia in motion. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genealogies of colonial occupation and state-building : becoming Khalid-i-Kashmir -- Narrating normalization : media, propaganda and foreign policy amid Cold War politics -- Producing and promoting paradise : tourism, cinema and the desire for Kashmir -- Developing dependency : economic planning, financial integration and corruption -- Shaping subjectivities : education, secularism and its discontent -- Jashn-e-Kashmir : patronage and the institutionalization of Kashmiri culture -- The state of emergency : state repression, political dissent, and the struggle for self-determination.
"The Indian government, touted as the world's largest democracy, often repeats that Jammu and Kashmir--its only Muslim-majority state--is "an integral part of India." The region, which is disputed between India and Pakistan, and is considered the world's most militarized zone, has been occupied by India for over seventy years. In this book, Hafsa Kanjwal interrogates how Kashmir was made "integral" to India through a study of the decade long rule (1953-1963) of Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, the second Prime Minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Drawing upon a wide array of bureaucratic documents, propaganda materials, memoirs, literary sources, and oral interviews in English, Urdu, and Kashmiri, Kanjwal examines the intentions, tensions, and unintended consequences of Bakshi's state-building policies in the context of a colonial occupation in a moment of Indian decolonization. She reveals how the state government tailored its policies to empower Kashmir's Muslims while also showing how these policies were marked by inter-religious tension, corruption, and political repression. Challenging the binaries of colonial and postcolonial, Kanjwal historicizes India's occupation of Kashmir through processes of emotional integration, development, normalization, and empowerment to highlight the new hierarchies of power and domination that emerged in the aftermath of decolonization. In doing so, she urges us to question the sovereignty claims of India, as well as the modern nation-state"--
9781503636040 1503636046
2022044638
Bakhshi, Ghulam Mohammad, 1907-1972.
Since 1900
Muslims--History--India--Jammu and Kashmir--20th century.
Colonies--Administration
Muslims
Politics and government
Jammu and Kashmir (India)--Politics and government--20th century.
India--Colonies--Administration--History--20th century.
India--History--1947-
Inde--Histoire--1947-
India
India--Jammu and Kashmir
History
DS485.K27 / K355 2023
954/.6