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082			_a324.2540309034 _bJOH
100			_aJohnson, Gordon
245			_aProvincial politics and Indian nationalism : Bombay and the Indian National Congress, 1880 to 1915
260			_bCambridge University Press, _c1973 _aCambridge :
300			_ax, 207 p. ; _b ill., _c22 cm
365			_b28.99 _cGBP _d104.80
490			_aCambridge South Asian studies
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis is a study of the Indian National Congress, the first political association to approach the government of India at an all-India level. The Congress became the most important national party in twentieth century India, and the whole history of the freedom movement is closely bound up with its fortunes. National politics, however, were influenced by regional and local affairs. In the early twentieth century the Indian Congress was split between the 'Moderates' and the 'Extremists'. Dr Johnson argues that this division was closely related to existing rivalries between politicians in the provinces, and that provincial interests determined their national point of view. Because the early Congress depended so much for its regular organisation on men from Bombay, party lines in western India were particularly important in determining the course of the struggles between the parties in the National Congress. The unpublished letters and diaries of the protagonists in these disputes have enabled Dr Johnson to examine this theme in detail. This is the first book to stress the need for study of regional and local politics as an integral part of the history of the Congress. Its revelation of the complex connections between parochial, provincial and all India politics adds a new dimension to our understanding of nationalism in South Asia.
650			_aIndian National Congress
650			_aMumbai, India
650			_aPolitics and government
650			_aAgarkar,G.G.
650			_a Bengal
650			_aBrahmins
650			_aCalcutta
650			_a Caste
650			_aChitpavan
650			_a Decan Education Society
650			_aEducation, national
650			_aGanpati festival
650			_aGokhale, Gopal Krishna
650			_aIndian Association
650			_aKesari
650			_a Poona politics
650			_aMaharatta
650			_aNagpur Congress
650			_aPoona Sarvajanik Sabha
650			_a Shivaji festival
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