Swarupa Gupta, Ph.D. (2004) in History, SOAS (University of London), is Fellow at Maulana Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Calcutta. Her publications include articles in Modern Asian Studies, Studies in History and Economic and Political Weekly.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Nationalist Ideologues, Ideas and their Dissemination2. Recreating a Jati 3. Samaj and Perspectives on Unity4. Caste, Class and Internal ‘Others’: ‘Lower Orders’ in Bengal5. Contiguous Ethnicities6. Sub-Regional ‘Essences’ and the Regional Self7. From Region to Nation: The Idea of IndiaConclusionBibliographyGlossaryIndex

Swarupa Gupta, Ph.D. (2004) in History, SOAS (University of London), is Fellow at Maulana Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Calcutta. Her publications include articles in Modern Asian Studies, Studies in History and Economic and Political Weekly.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Nationalist Ideologues, Ideas and their Dissemination2. Recreating a Jati 3. Samaj and Perspectives on Unity4. Caste, Class and Internal ‘Others’: ‘Lower Orders’ in Bengal5. Contiguous Ethnicities6. Sub-Regional ‘Essences’ and the Regional Self7. From Region to Nation: The Idea of IndiaConclusionBibliographyGlossaryIndex

Swarupa Gupta, Ph.D. (2004) in History, SOAS (University of London), is Fellow at Maulana Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Calcutta. Her publications include articles in Modern Asian Studies, Studies in History and Economic and Political Weekly.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Nationalist Ideologues, Ideas and their Dissemination2. Recreating a Jati 3. Samaj and Perspectives on Unity4. Caste, Class and Internal ‘Others’: ‘Lower Orders’ in Bengal5. Contiguous Ethnicities6. Sub-Regional ‘Essences’ and the Regional Self7. From Region to Nation: The Idea of IndiaConclusionBibliographyGlossaryIndex