02154nam a22003377a 4500 20150715113119.0 ENG-113113 9789351500759 850.00 EN-96645 DBAD/PUB 954.55031 Rishi Singh State formation and the establishment of non-Muslim hegemony : by Rishi Singh post-mughal 19th-century Punjab / New Delhi SAGE Publications 2015 B1/I-1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area Mathura Road, New Delhi 110044 232p. 22cm(Hb) Includes bibliographical references and index Emergence of Sikh space and contesting religious identities -- Emergence of Sikh hegemony and its legitimacy over Muslim elites in 18th-century Punjab -- The process of change : from Muslim elites to non-Muslim elites in 19th-century Punjab -- State formation : the issue of legitimacy among Muslim subjects -- Appendices -- Glossary. "This book examines the state formation process in Panjab and the qualitative change in the hegemony of elites from Muslims to non-Muslims in the first half of the nineteenth century. It argues that after the emergence of the Sikh faith in the fifteenth century, there appeared on the social fabric of elites two distinct categories, the Muslim and the non-Muslim"--Provided by publisher. Punjab (India) Politics and government 19th century. Hegemony India Punjab History 19th century. Elite (Social sciences) India Punjab History 19th century. Power (Social sciences) India Punjab History 19th century. Social change India Punjab History 19th century. Sikhs India Punjab History 19th century. Muslims India Punjab History 19th century. Group identity India Punjab History 19th century. Religion and politics India Punjab History 19th century. Punjab (India) Religion 19th century. ddc EN RIS 954.55031 93710 93710 0 0 0 1 NFIC DBAD DBAD 2015-05-18 DBAD/PUB 850.00 0 954.55031 RIS EN-96645 2015-05-18 00:00:00 1 850.00 EN