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CSDE is organizing a talk by Dr. Rosina Nasir

CSDE is organizing a talk by Dr. Rosina Nasir

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CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF DISCRIMINATION & EXCLUSION (CSDE)
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY

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Khilafat Movement and Transformation in Abul Kalam Azad (1912-1924): A Review

Dr. Rosina Nasir
Assistant Professor
Centre for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Date: 31st March, 2017
Venue: Room No-402, SSS-I
Time: 3:00 pm

ABSTRACT: The Khilafat movement of 1919-1924 has always been seen as anti-colonial movement of the Muslims of India by Indian nationalists. Most of the studies of the Khilafat movement have depicted it as a Pan-Islamic supranational phenomenon on the ground of the British hostility to the Sultan of Turkey. There are numbers of unanswered gaps which are associated with this movement which has changed the character of Muslim politics in colonial India. This paper attempts to unravel that when, and how had pro-Turkish attitude originated in Indian Muslim politics, what had encourgaed Azad to support Khilafat movement, what was the stand of Muslim league on Khilafat movement and what was that situation which led to confluence of Khilafist and non-corporation movement led by Maulana Azad? Apart from it, this paper examines the concept of Universal Khalifa of Islam developed by Maulan Azad through his writing in Al-Hilal and its veracity through the text Quran and Hadiths. A pivotal question of this paper is to understand that what new attribute the confluence of Khilafat and non-corporation movement had brought to Hindu-Muslim unity which the Lucknow pact of 1916 between the Congress and Muslim league did not address and what had changed which made Azad to switch over from Pan-Islamic nationalism to the idea of Hindu-Muslims Unity.

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.