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100 _aOberoi, Harjot,
245 _aWhen does history begin? :
_breligion, narrative, and identity in the Sikh tradition /
_cHarjot Oberoi.
260 _aNew Delhi;
_bPermanent black, Ashok University,
_c2021.
300 _axxv, 243 pages;
_c22 cm.
365 _bRs. 795.00
505 _aIntroduction: After Affect--Poetry, Positivism, History – 1. Brotherhood of the Pure: The Poetics and Politics of Cultural Transgression – 2. Empire, Orientalism, and Native Informants: The Scholarly Endeavours of Sir Attar Singh Bhadour – 3. Religious Protest: From Gurdwara Rikabganj to Viceregal Palace – 4. The Ghadar Movement and Its Anarchist Genealogy – 5. The Inner Life of Bhagat Singh and the Making of a Maximal Self – 6. An Epic Without a Text: Imagining the Indian Diaspora – Bibliography – Index.
520 _aDocuments how the premodern techniques of narrating the past and truth-telling in South Asia were deeply transformed by colonialism, particularly among the Sikhs in northern India"-- Provided by publisher
650 _aSikhism--History.
650 _aSikhism--Historiography.
650 _aSikhism--Historiography.
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