Language, Identity, and Power in Modern India

This book is a historical study of modern Gujarat, India, addressing crucial questions of language, identity, and power. It examines the debates over language among the elite of this region during a period of significant social and political change in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centurie...

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Gujarati Literature
Western Nationalism
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Indian People
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Language, Identity, and Power in Modern India
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Gujarati
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Gujarati Speakers
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Indian People
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Gujarati Language
Gujarati
Common Language
Indulal Yagnik
Gujarati Speakers
Hindi Sahitya Sammelan
Nagar Brahmans
Gujarati Elite
Samyukta Maharashtra
Gujarati Literature
Western Nationalism
Vice Versa
High Caste Hindus
Indian People
Linguistic Provinces
Modern Languages
Linguistic Maps
Modern Gujarat
Bombay City
Bombay State
Pradesh Congress Committee
Female Training College
States Reorganisation Commission
Swaminarayan Sect
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