Indian Women and Nationalism: The UP Story

The Indian National Movement created a new social and political space for women. This book traces the engagement of women with nationalism in a relatively lesser known region, the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, as Uttar Pradesh was called prior to 1950. Ironically, despite the wealth of material on the national movement in the UP, there is very little on the role played by the women of this region. The general assumption is that, in terms of the women’s movement, the UP was not in the forefront. Indian Women and Nationalism critically examines this assumption and gives new insights.