Book
The Kashmiri Pandits: a study of cultural choice in North India
Oxford University Press • Delhi • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Sender, Henriette M..
Abstract
Based on interviews and archival research, this is a thorough history of the leadership roles in modern Indian society occupied by the Kashmiri Pandit community. As literate, Persian-speaking Hindis who constituted a hybrid culture, Pandits were well-positioned to be administrators in the Moghul Empire, a status and role they kept under the British, to whom they remained loyal to during the 1857 Mutiny and by whom they were highly rewarded for it. The author follows the family histories of notables living in major urban centers throughout northern India and Pakistan, and chronicles their later efforts to bridge the growing political divide between Hindi and Muslims—an impossible task that led to them being distrusted by sectarian movements.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2023
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2022
- Field Date
- no date given
- Coverage Date
- 1220-1940
- Coverage Place
- northern India; Punjab, Pakistan
- Notes
- Henny Sender
- While this is largely a history, the analyst only marked the earlier chapters as history (OCM 175).
- Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981) under the title: The Kashmiri Brahmins (Pandits) up to 1930.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-316) and index
- LCCN
- 88900012
- LCSH
- Kashmiri Pandits--History
- Jammu and Kashmir (India)--Social life and customs
- India--Social life and customs