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How far is it correct to say that the 19th century tribal uprisings are a part of subaltern nationalism?

  • UPSC 2016
  • Indian Response to British Rule

Whether tribal revolts of the colonial nineteenth century belong to "nationalism" at all depends entirely on whose definition of the nation is being used.

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What the full answer covers

  • The Case Against Reading Them as Nationalism
  • The Subaltern Case for Reading Them as Political
  • A Wider Political Awareness in the Later Uprisings
  • Qualifications and the Later Shift in Subaltern Theory

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