Indian Nationalists and Anti-Indenture Resolutions, 1910–1916 edited with an introduction by Ashutosh Kumar
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Indian Nationalists and Anti-Indenture Resolutions, 1910–1916
EDITOR- Ashutosh Kumar
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- EDITOR : Ashutosh Kumar
- HB ISBN : 978-93-7795-624-0
- Year : 2026
- Extent : 246
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Indian Nationalists and Anti-Indenture Resolutions, 1910–1916 presents three important resolutions against the indentured labour system in the Legislative Council of India between 1910 and 1916. Due to the continuous opposition and resolutions against indentured labour, the system was finally abolished in 1917. These resolutions are important to understand nationalist views on labour migration overseas and their thoughts on castes and gender. They indicate that Indian nationalists’ opposition of the indenture system was not centred on issues of violence between the plantation regime and Indian labourers; rather, they focused on the political rights of free passenger Indians in South Africa. These resolutions also show how Indian nationalists were biased against their ‘coolie’ brethren as opposed to the free passenger Indians overseas.
The Author
Ashutosh Kumar is Professor of History at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He has been Visiting Professor at Harvard University and fellow at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom; Yale University, USA; Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi; the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi; Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla; and has also received the SEPHIS Fellowship during his PhD. He has published numerous books and articles. His most recent publications include Coolies of the Empire: Indentured Indians in the Sugar Colonies, 1830–1920 (2017); The Indian Labour Diaspora (co-authored with Crispin Bates, 2017); and Girmitiyas and Global Indian Diaspora: Origins, Memories and Identities (2024).