This book presents an innovative investigation of the policies
of the Indian Congress during the late colonial period. Departing
from the existing historiography of Indian nationalism, it analyses
the extent to which Congress elites engaged in processes intended
to foster nation-building in India. Rejecting the long-standing
premise that the Congress primarily sought to generate a national
identity, the author hypothesizes that Congress elites knowingly
grappled with the creation of a national governmentality. He argues
that they distanced themselves from lethargic nation-building
exercises and instead opted to support more practical and more
feasible state-building efforts. Accordingly, this book shows that
Congress elites constructed the institutions that would enable
Indians to govern themselves after India s liberation from British
imperialism. It presents evidence which shows that Congress elites
began to perceive themselves and their organization as an emerging
post-colonial state.
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