Christians and Public Life in Colonial South India, 1863-1937
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Author_Chandra Mallampalli
caste and religion
Caste Catholics
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Christian Marriage Act
colonial legal systems
communal politics India
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Dalit Christians
Dalit social status
Depressed Classes
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hindu
Hindu Law
indian
Indian Catholics
Indian Christian
Indian Christian Community
Indian Christian history
Indian Christian Marriage Act
Indian Succession Act
law
legal marginalisation of Christians
lex
Lex Loci
Lex Loci Act
loci
madras
Madras High Court
Madras Presidency
Maha Ram
presidency
Proportionate Representation
Protestant Elites
religious minority identity
Resolution Iii
Round Table
Round Table Conference
separate
Separate Electorates
Tamil Muslims
Tamil Nadu
Urdu Muslims
Young Men
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- ISBN 9780415323215
- Weight: 612g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 25 Mar 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book tells the story of how Catholic and Protestant Indians have attempted to locate themselves within the evolving Indian nation. Ironically, British rule in India did not privilege Christians, but pushed them to the margins of a predominantly Hindu society. Drawing upon wide-ranging sources, the book first explains how the Indian judiciary's 'official knowledge' isolated Christians from Indian notions of family, caste and nation. It then describes how different varieties and classes of Christians adopted, resisted and reshaped both imperial and nationalist perceptions of their identity. Within a climate of rising communal tension in India, this study finds immediate relevance.
Chandra Mallampalli earned his Ph.D. in South Asian History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is currently Assistant Professor of History at Westmont College. His main areas of interest include religious nationalism, secularism, post-colonialism, and the history of Christian missions in modern South Asia.
