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Master Tara Singh in Indian History: Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Politics of Sikh Identity

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This is the first comprehensive study of the life and work of Master Tara Singh (1885-1967), Akali leader, freedom fighter, and arguably the foremost leader of the Sikhs. Master Tara Singh’s vision of the “Indian National State” was once fundamentally different from that of Jawaharlal Nehru and the Indian National Congress. The partition of British Punjab and the formation of Punjabi Suba are the lasting legacies of his made up our minds efforts to give protection to Sikh interests.

Employing new and a broad variety of sources in English and Punjabi, J.S. Grewal weaves a comprehensive biography of Master Tara Singh. Divided into two parts, the first deals with Master Tara Singh’s anti-British activity in colonial India, even as the second one traces the political and non secular trajectories of the movements led by him in pursuit of a unilingual Punjab state. Lending unity to the two parts is Master Tara Singh’s politics in response to Sikh identity as a source of war of words with the colonial state and the Congress government. Revealing new facts, ideas, and perspectives on Master Tara Singh, this book throws fresh light on the freedom struggle, the Akali movement, the politics of partition, and the working of the Congress governments in the states and on the Centre all over a tumultuous and transformative period of Indian history.

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