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Sheikh Abdullah: The Caged Lion of Kashmir

Sheikh Abdullah: The Caged Lion of Kashmir - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Chitralekha ZutshiPublish date:2024-05-28Pages:376
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300270778ISBN-10:300270771UPC:9780300270778Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Political, Modern, AsiaBook Topic:20th Century, SouthSize:8.80 x 6.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.5521Product ID:SCR0DFS058
A compelling biography of Sheikh Abdullah, the charismatic, combative, and controversial Kashmiri politician

Written by the leading historian of modern Kashmir, this is a comprehensive portrayal of one of the most enigmatic politicians in modern South Asia, Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, known as the Lion of Kashmir.

Abdullah (1905-1982) devoted much of his life to mobilizing Kashmiris to assert their rights, to trying to achieve a fair resolution for their politically contested state, to shaping its turbulent relationship with India, and to bridging the divide between India and Pakistan. Although he forged ties with the Indian National Congress, Abdullah's support for Kashmir's accession to India and his advocacy for a more autonomous position for the state within the Indian Union complicated his relationship with India and led to his fall from grace, arrest, and imprisonment. In 1975 he reached a compromise with India that alienated generations of Kashmiris for whose self-determination he had long fought. The people of Kashmir, India, and Pakistan continue to grapple with and contest his legacy.

Zutshi's rigorously researched and elegantly crafted biography brings this complex figure to life and offers a window onto the political fissures of twentieth-century South Asia more broadly.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300270778ISBN-10:300270771UPC:9780300270778Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Political, Modern, AsiaBook Topic:20th Century, SouthSize:8.80 x 6.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.5521Product ID:SCR0DFS058
Chitralekha Zutshi is Class of 1962 Professor of History at William & Mary. She is the author of multiple books, including Kashmir's Contested Pasts, which received Honorable Mention for the Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize. She lives in Williamsburg, VA.
Publisher: Yale University Press

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