National Movement and Politics in Orissa, 1920-1929 (SAGE Series in Modern Indian History)

This book is a comprehensive study of the national freedom movement and politics in the state of Orissa in the 1920s. The emergence of nationalism and the Non-Cooperation Movement and its aftermath, are the main issues of discussion in this work. The book focuses on the regional peculiarities like the Oriya Linguistic and Cultural Identity movement in the context of the larger national freedom struggle. Many of the earlier works, on Orissa during that period, have looked at the regional political leadership as a contrast to the nationalists outside. But, this book provides a different aspect of that period, in that it argues that the leaders of the local movement and the leaders of the national movement were never hostile to each other. This book is a comprehensive study of the nationalist movement and politics in Orissa during the 1920s. It examines the national movement in the late nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth century prior to the launch of the Civil Disobedience Movement by focusing on the regional peculiarities, especially the Oriya linguistic and cultural identity movement. Based on extensive research, it reflects upon the emergence of a class of new intelligentsia as an opinion maker of the society, its concern for societal needs, the divergent trends within it, the commonalities and differences among them and the organizational linkages between the local intelligentsia and the nationalists. Despite the contradictions, the author argues that the local and national aspirations were not antagonistic but complemented each other, as witnessed during the Calcutta Congress of 1928, establishing the Indian National Congress′ twin commitments on the question of regional identity and national liberation. National Movement and Politics in Orissa: 1920-29 is a valuable contribution to the discourse on the nationalist movement and will be of great interest to students and scholars of modern Indian history as well as to the social science academia. Contents......Page 8 Series Editors’ Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 16 Introduction......Page 20 Politics of Early Nationalism: Intellectuals in Orissa......Page 26 Non-Cooperation in Orissa, 1920–22......Page 74 Aftermath of Non-Cooperation, 1923–27......Page 127 Emergence of New Forces, 1927–29......Page 214 Conclusion......Page 279 Bibliography......Page 306 Index......Page 312 About the Author......Page 327 Offers a study of nationalist movement and politics in Orissa during the 1920s. This book examines the national movement in the late nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth century prior to the launch of the Civil Disobedience Movement by focusing on regional peculiarities, the Oriya linguistic and cultural identity movement. 1. Politics Of Early Nationalism: Intellectuals In Orissa -- 2. Non-cooperation In Orissa, 1920-22 -- 3. Aftermath Of Non-cooperation, 1923-27 -- 4. Emergence Of New Forces, 1927-29. Pritish Acharya. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [281]-286) And Index.