Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India : Monuments, Memory, Contestation

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial IndiaMonuments, Memory, Contestation\nAuthor(s): Hilal Ahmed\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9781032849836, 978-1032849836\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the process of monumentalisation of Indo-Islamic historical places and their remaking as political sites in contemporary India situating these within the Muslim political discourse.\n\nIt studies the process through which various monuments such as the Jama Masjid in Delhi and the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya became political sites many decades after independence and the modes by which a memory of a royal Muslim past was articulated for political mobilisation. It analyses the histories of these archaeological monuments, their function, their status as living memories and as heritage, emerging Muslim religiosities and the internal configurations of Muslim politics in India. This new edition also explores the aftermath of th.