Shashi Bhushan

Broken Promises: Caste, Crime and Politics in Bihar

• Author(s): Mrityunjay Sharma

• Categories: Political Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2024
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• Publisher: Westland Non-Fiction

Broken Promises tells the story of Bihar's plunge into an abyss of crime, corruption and economic ruin during the tumultuous decade of the 1990s, often referred to as the ‘Jungle Raj’ years. How did a land, once the cradle of civilisation, devolve into a byword for the worst of India as described by The Economist in 2004? Mrityunjay Sharma traces the post-Independence socio-politics of Bihar and the momentous events leading up to the ’90s: the unravelling of long-standing Congress governments, the rise of OBC assertion with Lohiaite politics, the JP movement that put the spotlight on young leaders like Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar, Karpoori Thakur's reservation formula, the rise of Naxa...

State Terrorism

• Author(s): Grace Pelly

• Categories: Police brutality

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2009
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• Publisher: Socio Legal Information Cent

Includes testimonies of victims of state-sponsored terrorism.

The Bengal Law Reports of Decisions of the High Court at Fort William Civil and Criminal in Its Original and Appellate Jurisdictions

• Categories: Law reports, digests, etc

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1878
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Lok Sabha Debates

• Author(s): India. Parliament. Lok Sabha

• Categories: India

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1897
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Indian Political Science Review

• Categories: English periodicals

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1971
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• Publisher: Unknown

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