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THE BOOKSHELF

INDIA’S REVOLUTIONARY INHERITANCE POLITICS AND THE PROMISE OF BHAGAT SINGH

Chris Moffat

Moffat’s account of revolutionary thought in South Asia explores the legacies of militant violence and their implications for contemporary Indian politics. His book focusses on the afterlives of anti-colonial figures such as Bhagat Singh, featuring them as active interlocutors in

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