| Weight | 0.45 kg |
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| ISBN | 9789699988691 |
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| Publication Date | 2018 |
| Pages | 3 |
| Author | |
| Author Description | Mushirul Hasan was a renowned scholar and historian of modern India. He wrote extensively on the partition of India, communalism, and on the history of Islam in South Asia. |
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NATIONALISM AND COMMUNAL POLITICS IN INDIA 1885-1930
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