TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aniket Alam
TI  - Becoming India: Western Himalaya under British rule 
SN  - 9788175965645
U1  - 954.03 An53 B 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  -  Foundation Books
KW  - Himalaya Mountains
KW  - India
KW  - British Occupation of India (1765-1947)
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Himalaya Mountains Region
N1  - Becoming India demonstrates that the Western Himalayas were politically economically and socially distant from the civilisations and empires of the North during pre-colonial times. It helps in better understanding of the present developmental success of Himachal Pradesh as well as the politics of the demand for separate statehood by Uttarakhand. It studies how the Western Himalayas became a part of the Indian nation during colonial times.

It examines in detail the peasant rebellions clan and caste polyandry establishment of hill stations land and forest settlements education folklore and mythology begar and monetisation. It also focuses on the British policy and nationalist politics to make its central point that the colonial encounter in the Western Himalayas was qualitatively different from the neighbouring parts of North India and its history cannot be subsumed into the general history of India.This book would be of interest to historians sociologists anthropologists development workers as well as those interested in mountain societies and women's studies;  Chapter 1 The Geography of the Western Himalayas Chapter 2 Political Economy of the Western Himalayas: Early Nineteenth Century Chapter 3 The Foundation of the British Rule: Hill State Hill Station Land Settlement and Monetisation Chapter 4 Peasant Rebellions and Royal Reconciliation: British Rule inside the Hill States Chapter 5 Social Movements during British Rule Chapter 6 After Independence Conclusion Bibliography Index
N2  - History of western Himalayas
ER  -