Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The Aeroplane and the making of modern India

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Oxford University Press 2023Description: xvi, 286 p. Includes bibliography and indexISBN:
  • 9780192864208
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 629.13954 I7A3
Summary: Description From airports crowded with refugees desperate to flee Partition violence to the mountainous battlefields of Kashmir, aircraft proved indispensable to newly independent India. The aeroplane played a small but significant role in India's transformation from a British colony to an independent republic. Through the prism of aviation, both civil and military, 'The Aeroplane and the Making of Modern India' charts India's journey from the Second World War to the nationalization of Indian airline companies in 1953. For independent India, the aeroplane represented not only a powerful means of projecting state power but also a symbol of what it meant to be modern. This was not lost on other contenders for sovereignty in South Asia. Both Pakistan and the Indian princes also invested extensively in aviation in the hopes of bolstering their power and legitimacy in South Asia. Drawing on numerous archives, untapped personal collections, and newspaper reports in India and the United Kingdom, Aashique Iqbal provides the first comprehensive history of the Indian state's engagement with aviation. Featuring a rich cast of characters including Indian maharajas, Polish pilots, American entrepreneurs, Australian adventurers, and British Air Force officers, this book tells the story of how the aeroplane helped make modern India. About the author: Aashique Ahmed Iqbal is Assistant Professor of History at Krea University, India. He specializes in Modern South Asian History, and teaches courses on decolonization, revolutions, and Indian society. He has earlier taught at Shiv Nadar University. https://india.oup.com/product/the-aeroplane-and-the-making-of-modern-india-9780192864208
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Item location Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Vikram Sarabhai Library Rack 34-A / Slot 1767 (2nd Floor, East Wing) Non-fiction General Stacks 629.13954 I7A3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 206432

Description

From airports crowded with refugees desperate to flee Partition violence to the mountainous battlefields of Kashmir, aircraft proved indispensable to newly independent India. The aeroplane played a small but significant role in India's transformation from a British colony to an independent republic. Through the prism of aviation, both civil and military, 'The Aeroplane and the Making of Modern India' charts India's journey from the Second World War to the nationalization of Indian airline companies in 1953. For independent India, the aeroplane represented not only a powerful means of projecting state power but also a symbol of what it meant to be modern. This was not lost on other contenders for sovereignty in South Asia. Both Pakistan and the Indian princes also invested extensively in aviation in the hopes of bolstering their power and legitimacy in South Asia. Drawing on numerous archives, untapped personal collections, and newspaper reports in India and the United Kingdom, Aashique Iqbal provides the first comprehensive history of the Indian state's engagement with aviation. Featuring a rich cast of characters including Indian maharajas, Polish pilots, American entrepreneurs, Australian adventurers, and British Air Force officers, this book tells the story of how the aeroplane helped make modern India.

About the author:

Aashique Ahmed Iqbal is Assistant Professor of History at Krea University, India. He specializes in Modern South Asian History, and teaches courses on decolonization, revolutions, and Indian society. He has earlier taught at Shiv Nadar University.


https://india.oup.com/product/the-aeroplane-and-the-making-of-modern-india-9780192864208

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.