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Everything You Never Knew About Indian History

As part of the 麻豆社's India Season, Rana Mitter is joined by New Generation Thinkers and young academics to talk about Indian history during British rule and the Second World War.

Rana Mitter is joined by young academics who are exploring Indian history during British rule and looking at India in the Second World War. His guests are Maha Rafi Atal, Anindita Ghosh, Jahnavi Phalkey and Yasmin Khan. Part of the 麻豆社's India Season.

Dr Yasmin Khan has published The Raj at War
Dr Jahnavi Phalkey is the author of Atomic State: Big Science in Twentieth Century India
Dr Anindita Ghosh has published Power in Print : Popular Publishing and the Politics of Language and Culture in a Colonial Society, 1778-1905
Maha Rafi Atal writes as a journalist and in her own blog.

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45 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest Maha Rafi Atal
Interviewed Guest Anindita Ghosh
Interviewed Guest Jahnavi Phalkey
Interviewed Guest Yasmin Khan
Producer Torquil MacLeod

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  • Thu 17 Sep 2015 22:00

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