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Dewan Chaman Lall: From Trade Unions to the Indian Union, 1946–1966

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  • Rakesh Ankit

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This article is about the afterlife of Dewan Chaman Lall’s interwar internationalism. Exploring the trajectory of his public career from 1946, it shows how Lall, an Oxford-educated trade unionist, and an ally of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, took a nationalist turn in his later political interventions on/after (a) Partition of British India, (b) the dispute on the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, and (c) on the government of India’s worsening border relations with the People’s Republic of China. Simultaneously, his understandings on issues like press freedom/official secrets, evacuee property exchange/sale, Sikh linguistic autonomy and labour/capital equation turned status quo-ist. By putting together his contributions on these national questions and juxtaposing them vis-à -vis his earlier avatar, this article also signifies the shift that took place in the perspectives of those who, like Lall, hitherto enveloped by empire, emerged in nation-statehood post-1945.

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  • Rakesh Ankit, 2023. "Dewan Chaman Lall: From Trade Unions to the Indian Union, 1946–1966," Studies in Indian Politics, , vol. 11(2), pages 192-204, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indpol:v:11:y:2023:i:2:p:192-204
    DOI: 10.1177/23210230231203771
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