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Title
Minoritization of Pakistani Hindus (1947-1971)
Description
This dissertation discusses the processes of post-colonial minoritization of Hindus in Pakistan from the inception of the state in 1947 to the secession of the eastern wing (former East Pakistan, now Bangladesh) from the country after a civil and international war in 1971. The dissertation analyzes the emergence and development of the minority question in Europe and connects it with Colonial India, where it culminated into Partition of British India and emergence of Pakistan in 1947. The dissertation analyzes post- Colonial minoritization of Pakistani Hindus as a gradual process on three different but interconnected levels: 1. the loss of Hindu life from Pakistan, 2. the transference of Hindu property and 3. the political minoritization of Pakistani Hindus. The dissertation does so by approaching the history of Pakistani Hindus in two distinct geographical locations, Sindh and the ex-Pakistani province of East Bengal. It also includes discussion on Pakistani Scheduled Castes and Tribes. The dissertation is based on indepth, detailed fieldwork in Tharparkar district of Sindh province and archival research in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Date Created
2014
Contributors
- Mahmood, Sadia (Author)
- Feldhaus, Anne (Thesis advisor)
- Eaton, Richard (Committee member)
- Henn, Alexander (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
- South Asian studies
- Minoritization
- Nation-state
- Pakistan (1947-1971)
- Rajputs
- Sindh
- Tharparkar
- Hindus--Bangladesh--Social conditions.
- Hindus
- Hindus--India--Bengal--Social conditions.
- Hindus
- Hindus--Pakistan--Sindh--Social conditions.
- Hindus
- Hindus--Pakistan--Thar Pārkar District--Social conditions.
- Hindus
- Rajput (Indic people)--Bangladesh--Social conditions.
- Rajput (Indic people)
- Rajput (Indic people)--India--Bengal--Social conditions.
- Rajput (Indic people)
- Rajput (Indic people)--Pakistan--Sindh--Social conditions.
- Rajput (Indic people)
- Rajput (Indic people)--Pakistan--Thar Pārkar District--Social conditions.
- Rajput (Indic people)
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Extent
vii, 341 p. : maps (some col.)
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.27396
Statement of Responsibility
by Sadia Mahmood
Description Source
Viewed on June 19, 2015
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2014
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-341)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Religious studies
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