ISBN:
9783030535148
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (287 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.69460954552
Keywords:
Khalsa College (Amritsar, India) History
;
Khalsa College (Amritsar, India)-History
;
Sikhs-History-India-Punjab
;
Education-History-India-Punjab
;
Sikhs History
;
Education History
;
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Abstract:
Intro -- Note on Indic/Punjabi Terms, Transliteration, and City Names -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Gurus, Grades, and the Globe: Khalsa College, Education, and Colonial Modernity in South Asia -- Introduction -- Religion, Education, and Knowledge Transmission in Colonial South Asia -- Circulating Knowledge and Educational Agendas -- Colonial Modernity, Global Spaces, and the Case for Localised Histories -- Outlook -- Chapter 2: The Politics of Education: Socio-Religious Transformation, Politicised Sikhism and Limited Nationalism at Khalsa College, c. 1880-1947 -- Introduction -- Khalsa College, the Government and Early Sikh Politics, 1892-1920 -- Socio-Religious Reform, the Singh Sabha Movement, and the Lahore/Amritsar Divide -- The Khalsa College Establishment Committee and KCA's Early Years, 1890-1904 -- Political Unrest and the Reorganisation of Khalsa College, 1905-1911 -- The Politicisation of the Sikh Community in the 1910s -- Khalsa College Under Government Control, 1912-1920 -- Khalsa College, the Akālı̄s, and Limited Nationalism, 1920-1947 -- The Non-cooperation Movement and the 'De-officialisation' of KCA in 1920 -- Akālı̄ Attacks and the Governmental Withdrawal, 1920-1925 -- Institutional Growth and Continuing Criticism, 1926-1936 -- Punjab Politics, Princely States, and the 'Majithia Reign', 1936-1947 -- Campus Organisations, Education Networks, and Khalsa College's Socio-Economic Composition -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Conceiving Modern Sikhism: Religious Instruction, Scientism, and Comparative Religion at Khalsa College -- Introduction -- Institutionalising 'Modern Sikhism' -- The Religious Sub-committee and the Chair of Sikh Theology -- The Textbook Problem and KCA Professors as Authors -- 'Who Is a Sikh' and the Rahit -- Learning and Practicing Sikhism on Campus.
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