Women Against the Raj : Female Freedom Fighters in the Struggle for India's Independence and Partition

Chloe Gardner

ISBN 10: 1399066218 / ISBN 13: 9781399066211

Editore: Pen & Sword Books Ltd Dez 2024, 2024

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Neuware - This is the story of the women from the Indian Subcontinent who fought against British imperial power from the 1600s until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. It begins by looking at the Partition of India, and the unique impact this had on women who - in addition to the displacement and violence which affected millions of South Asians, suffered uniquely through a campaign of rape, abduction, and forced suicides which left a lasting impact on the souls of women from every community. It then seeks to shine a light on the often-forgotten story of these women - who were not just passive victims of British, and later, communal violence, but who fought alongside (or sometimes at the head of) their male counterparts to secure the fall of the British Raj and the independence of their own nation. The stories of up to forty women, are examined, from various religious and racial communities across South Asia who advocated for Indian Independence and should be remembered and celebrated as influential freedom fighters in the same way that their male contemporaries have been. The book concludes by briefly examining the role of women in Indian nationalist movements today, and how this can be traced to the precedent set by their ancestors during the colonial era.

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• Titolo: Women Against the Raj : Female Freedom Fighters in the Struggle for India's Independence and Partition
• Editore: Pen & Sword Books Ltd Dez 2024
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1399066218
• ISBN 13: 9781399066211
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 242 L x 165 A x 30 P (millimetri) 242 millimetri di larghezza per 165 millimetri di altezza per 30 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 550 grammi

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This is the story of the women from the Indian Subcontinent who fought against British imperial power from the 1600s until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. It begins by looking at the Partition of India, and the unique impact this had on women who – in addition to the displacement and violence which affected millions of South Asians, suffered uniquely through a campaign of rape, abduction, and forced suicides which left a lasting impact on the souls of women from every community. It then seeks to shine a light on the often-forgotten story of these women – who were not just passive victims of British, and later, communal violence, but who fought alongside (or sometimes at the head of) their male counterparts to secure the fall of the British Raj and the independence of their own nation. The stories of up to forty women, are examined, from various religious and racial communities across South Asia who advocated for Indian Independence and should be remembered and celebrated as influential freedom fighters in the same way that their male contemporaries have been. The book concludes by briefly examining the role of women in Indian nationalist movements today, and how this can be traced to the precedent set by their ancestors during the colonial era.

Informazioni sull'autore

Chloë Gardner is a PhD candidate in Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, focussing on gender, sexuality, nationalism, and interreligious relations in India. She is the Director of Outreach at The Remedial Herstory Project, an international non-profit working to get women's history into school curriculums. Chloë runs her own history blog and Instagram account, @herstoryrevisited, where she loves to share the stories of women from across time and place who have inspired her. She has also worked in a number of other equality and diversity-related roles in educational institutions and third-sector organisations. Chloë attributes her passion for history to growing up in the beautifully historic city of Edinburgh, her first love, although she is now based in Paisley where she lives with her fiancé, Shubham, and their beloved fur-baby, Bagheera.