Directory of Research and Expertise

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Research Summary and Profile

Research interests:

Colonies & Colonization, emigration & immigration, Contemporary History, History, Modern History , Political Institutions, Regional history

Regions:

Asia, United Kingdom

Summary of research interests and expertise:

Historian interested in early modern and modern South Asia, the British Empire, colonialism, imperialism and the Constitution of India. My work explores the broad themes of sovereignty, state formation, decolonisation and constitution making. I am particularly keen on the early 19th century and the mid 20th century - the British encounter with Indian state forms and political vocabulary in the 19th century and the birth of Indian democracy and the Nehruvian high tide in the mid 20th century. Currently working on India's Princely States.

Languages:

	Spoken	Written
Other:	English (Fluent) Hindi (Fluent) Urdu (Fluent) Farsi (Working knowledge)

Publication Details

Related publications/articles:

Date	Details
25-Jan-2024	Sixteen Stormy Days: The Story of the First Amendment to the Constitution of India Monographs
15-Jul-2023	The Authoritarian Roots of Indian Democracy Journal articles
22-Jan-2022	How India's Founding Fathers Built an Eastminster Style Democracy Articles
11-Nov-2021	Nehru: The Debates that Defined India Monographs
07-Nov-2021	Nehru, Iqbal, Cricket and the Question of Muslim Identity Articles
21-Apr-2020	India: The lingering ghosts of Nehru’s constitutional legerdemain Journal articles
10-Apr-2020	Lockdown Diaries Articles
01-Feb-2020	Sixteen Stormy Days: The Story of the First Amendment to the Constitution of India Monographs
26-Jan-2020	When Nehru put the constitution in danger Articles
01-Jun-2019	Imperial Sovereignty and Local Politics: The Bhadauria Rajputs and the Transition from Mughal to British India, 1600-1900 Monographs

Research Projects & Supervisions

Research projects:

Details
Negotiating Decolonisation in India's Princely States Institute of Commonwealth Studies Project period: 21-Nov-2019 - 20-Nov-2022 Research interests: Colonies & Colonization, emigration & immigration, Contemporary History, Political Institutions

Consultancy & Media

Available for consultancy:

Yes

Media experience:

Yes

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