HIST 375 Gandhi's India (1869-1948)

An examination of the dominant themes of Indian history that unfolded during the lifetime of one of its greatest leaders, mahatma Gandhi. Major themes include: the life, teachings and political practices of the mahatma, his allies and detractors, the growth of Indian nationalism with all its internal tensions, the colonial state and its forms of knowledge, subaltern social movements, gender relations, elite and popular cultural expressions, communalism, the Partition (1947) and formation of Pakistan, the postcolonial Indian state, environmental histories, Indian diasporas, and the subcontinent's development regimes.