Politics of Public Association

Emergence of the CongressPolitics of Public Association Time-Space Compression: Making Sense of Indian Identity in the late nineteenth centuryRule of Law, Common Currency and New Market SystemRailway, Commuting and Long Distance TravelCommon Currency and the Unification of MarketTelegraph and Flow of InformationMaps and Understanding of Territorial Limit of the StateCensus and Classification of Society: Unification and FragmentationProfessional Elites and Common Education News Paper and the Rise of Western Educated Civil SocietyCivil Service and Career Aspirations of Middle Class IndiansCompression of Time and SpaceBirth of a New Nation

Public AssociationsBritish Rule : Middle Class Hopes and DespairVernacular Press Act 1878Arms Act 1878Illbert Bill and Euro-Indian RebellionAssociation of Interest Groups and Regions to NationLand holders Association 1831 British India Society 1843iii) Indian Associationiv) Bombay Presidency AssociationV) Poona Sarvajanik Sabaha 1866vi) Madras Presidency Association- 1871vii) Indian National Union 1878

Congress 1885-1907Indian National Congress :Body and OrganizationSocial CompositionNature of FunctioningDemands and AspirationsSocial LimitationsRise of Opposition Cultural Regeneration of Hindu IndiaMuslim AlienationAn elite Body with New National Aspirations