Baghelkhand, or the Tigers' lair : region and nation in Indian history / by D. E. U. Baker
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xvii, 345 p., 11 plates : col. ill., MapISBN:- 9780195683219
- 0195683218
- 954.3 BAK-B
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents : Part A. The region : Baghelkhand--Chapter 1. The region and its first inhabitants to C. 800 BC--Chapter 2. Patterns of migration, settlement, and integration : Baghelkhand c. 800 BC to 1300 AD--Chapter 3. The making of a regional state : Rewa to c. 1800 AD--Chapter 4. The profile of a regional culture-- Part B. The Region : Rewa state -- Chapter 5. Centre and region in dialogue : the government of India and Rewa state, 1803-1922--Chapter 6. An assertion of the region : Maharaja Gulab Singh, 1922-46--Chapter 7. The triumph of the centre : Baghelkhand's integration into the Indian nation, 1942-56
This book explores the concepts of 'region' and 'nation' in Indian history through long-term study of Baghelkhand - from Prehistory up to 1956. It examines the ways in which the region eventually became part of the Indian nation (1947) and then the state of Madhya Pradesh (1956).
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