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    Restoring communal harmony in India : a critical analysis of Wahiduddin Khan’s ideas by Khalil Ahmad

    “…This paper investigates Khan’s thoughts about communal harmony in post-independent India. I argue that Khan called for a reformation of Muslim minds, urging them to move beyond an isolationist mentality and find possibilities to develop their society within the status quo. …”
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    Imperial internationalism: the Round Table Conference and the making of India in London, 1930-32 by Legg, Stephen

    Published 2018
    “…While commonly viewed as a failure, the conference resulted in the 1935 Government of India Act, which laid the foundations for the constitution of independent India, and trained many future Indian leaders in the art of state-crafting. …”
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    Allusions to Mughal urban forms in the monumentality of Chandigarhs capitol complex by Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Mohd Nawawi, Norwina

    Published 2016
    “…The formative influence of the Mughal gardens on the urban spaces of the Capitol Complex, Chandigarh is discussed as part of Le Corbusier’s vision in realising new urban symbols to represent an independent India. Corbusier had not only “regionalised” Modernist elements of architectural design but had “modernised” past urban forms by artfully rejecting the traditional gridded patterns and urban traditions such as the Mughal gardens, and transforming them into a dynamic restructuring and interplay of urban forms and spaces. …”
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