The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra (Center for South & Southeast Asia Studies)

Cover......Page 1
Flap......Page 2
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 10
Introduction......Page 11
The traditions of Maharashtra......Page 16
British policy and Maratha Brahmans......Page 27
The making of a protest movement......Page 55
The Political recruitment of god Ganapati......Page 85
The development of the Shivaji tradition......Page 108
The famine campaign and the Deccan peasantry......Page 133
Poona and Bombay......Page 161
Tilak and the Bombay proletariat......Page 182
The legacy of Tilak......Page 202
Conclusion: The Lokamanya as myth......Page 228
Appendix 1: Social background of some prominent figures of the Poona Brahman elite, 1880-1920......Page 232
Appendix 2: Number of Melas in some important towns of the region for selected years, 1894-1910......Page 236
Appendix 3: Selections from the songs of the Sanmitra Samaj Mela'......Page 237
Appendix 4: Active members of the Council of the Bombay Presidency Association, 1885-1909......Page 239
Glossary......Page 241
Index......Page 243
Back flap......Page 257
Back cover......Page 258