The Gaidinliu Uprising in British India

Encountering the Millenarian
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-72932-9
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

This book studies the Gaidinliu uprising led by Rani Gaidinliu, a spiritual and political leader from Northeast India. It follows the journey of Gaidinliu, who was at the forefront of the revolt which turned into a political movement seeking to drive out the British from Manipur and the surrounding Naga areas. The book looks at the Gaidinliu movement as one of many tribal responses to colonial transformation, deprivation, alienation, and extreme oppression of the tribal formations in India. It also critically analyses the diverse colonial modes of tackling the different types of opposition to its rule and examines how the State devised to permanently erase the idea of rebellion from the minds of its subjects as a future strategy.

A unique contribution, the book will be indispensable to political science, modern history, gender studies, subaltern studies, political theory, tribal studies, political sociology, political history, colonialism, post-colonial studies, and South Asia studies, particularly those interested in Northeast India.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nag, Sajal

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface viii

Acknowledgements xi

1 Locating millenarian uprisings in colonial formations 1

2 Jadonang: the ‘Sadhu’ who commanded stars 27

3 The colonial counter 73

4 The Goddess takes over 101

5 The encounter 143

6 The beleaguered state 183

7 The ‘Government Goddess’ 235

8 War of the sahibs 276

9 The betrayal 349

Bibliography 387

Index 395

Über Autor(innen)

Sajal Nag, Distinguished Professor in History, Assam Royal Global University, Guwahati, Assam, India.