Focusing on the rural regions of the Bombay Presidency in the period 1934–47, this study examines the multiple forms of political mobilization and resistance among various groups (women, peasants, elites, lower castes, and tribals) and relates this mobilization to the process of identity formation.
The present work is an attempt to capture the political thoughts of modern India without any pretension of having a comprehensive history. It is part of an even more grandiose scheme of documenting history of the Indian civilization - its culture, science and political thought in a series…