India’s Nonviolent Freedom Struggle The Thomas Christians (1599–1799)

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India’s Nonviolent Freedom Struggle is a groundbreaking book that offers a fresh perspective on the Indian freedom struggle. It focuses on the Thomas Christians a group of Christians in South India who waged a nonviolent struggle against European colonization during the politically volatile period of 1599–1799. The book has three related objectives and unique characteristics. First it offers a comprehensive study of primary sources that scholars have referenced but rarely studied in depth. Second it argues that the Thomas Christian narratives provide a unique position to challenge prevalent estimations found in canonical and postcolonial critical discourse on the nation. Third the book considers how an account of a nonviolent struggle by Thomas Christians further complicates received ideas of the postcolonial nation. The book sheds light on the often-overlooked contributions of the Thomas Christians in India’s nonviolent freedom struggle and challenges readers to reimagine the complex and often contentious relationship between colonizers and colonized. A unique contribution to the study of Indian history this book is an essential read for scholars of colonialism anticolonial movements and the history of India. | India’s Nonviolent Freedom Struggle The Thomas Christians (1599–1799)