Developing India: An Intellectual and Social History, C. 1930-50

Benjamin Zachariah research interests centre on the social and intellectual history of South Asia, on the movement of ideas in the twentieth century, and on political culture, political rhetoric and standards of political legitimacy. He is the author of Nehru (Routledge, 2004), and Developing India: An Intellectual and Social History, c. 1930-1950 (OUP, 2005), in addition to several articles and book chapters. He studoed history at Presidency College, Calcutta, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and is now Reader in South Asian History at the University of Sheffield, and a senior research fellow at the Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin. He is commotted to exploring the connections between academic historical scholarship, popular historical consciousness and political activities and activism.