Amrita Shodhan
Biographic Data
| ID | 660534 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amrita Shodhan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amrita |
| FAMILY NAME | Shodhan |
| SIGNATURE | SHODHAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | 19D Venus Apts, 45 R.G. Thadani Marg, Mumbai 400 018 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Sidi Badshah of Western India
This article examines the history, geography, and politics concerning the naming and categorising of the Sidi groups in Gujarat state in India. This analysis does not provide a detailed history of these groups, but rather a comment on naming practices as they have evolved over the last century. The history of the Sidis raises questions regarding what it means to be identified as African, and what is required of historical and contemporary underst…
The East India Company's Conquest of Assam, India, and "Community" Justice
The East India Company troops fighting the Burmese aggression on the frontier of Bengal in Eastern India "freed" upper and lower Assam territories in 1825. David Scott of the Bengal Service was appointed to oversee the establishment of civil and revenue administration in these frontier territories. He established a hierarchical multiple structure of "native courts"-calledpanchayats-as the chief medium of civil and criminal justice. This was osten…
Women in the Maharaj Libel Case
This article applies a gender perspective to the history of social reform efforts in mid-19th century Bombay to help illuminate the origins of Indian modernism. In the Maharaj Libel Case, two social reformers successfully defended a libel suit after they published charges of sexual misconduct against the religious priests of the Pushtimarga Vaishnava sect. The paper contextualizes the discussion with a brief review of the rise of British educatio…
Women in the Maharaj Libel Case
This article applies a gender perspective to the history of social reform efforts in mid-19th century Bombay to help illuminate the origins of Indian modernism. In the Maharaj Libel Case, two social reformers successfully defended a libel suit after they published charges of sexual misconduct against the religious priests of the Pushtimarga Vaishnava sect. The paper contextualizes the discussion with a brief review of the rise of British educatio…
Women in the Maharaj Libel Case
This article applies a gender perspective to the history of social reform efforts in mid-19th century Bombay to help illuminate the origins of Indian modernism. In the Maharaj Libel Case, two social reformers successfully defended a libel suit after they published charges of sexual misconduct against the religious priests of the Pushtimarga Vaishnava sect. The paper contextualizes the discussion with a brief review of the rise of British educatio…
The Sidi Badshah of Western India
This article examines the history, geography, and politics concerning the naming and categorising of the Sidi groups in Gujarat state in India. This analysis does not provide a detailed history of these groups, but rather a comment on naming practices as they have evolved over the last century. The history of the Sidis raises questions regarding what it means to be identified as African, and what is required of historical and contemporary underst…
The East India Company's Conquest of Assam, India, and "Community" Justice
The East India Company troops fighting the Burmese aggression on the frontier of Bengal in Eastern India "freed" upper and lower Assam territories in 1825. David Scott of the Bengal Service was appointed to oversee the establishment of civil and revenue administration in these frontier territories. He established a hierarchical multiple structure of "native courts"-calledpanchayats-as the chief medium of civil and criminal justice. This was osten…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Administration (probate law (1 work) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work)