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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Note on Translation ix
Introduction 1
CHAPTER ONEConversion and the Birth of Modern Apol o getics in India 29
CHAPTER TWOThe Contest over High-Caste Conversions 72
CHAP TER THREE The Great Tagore Will Case 128
CHAPTER FOURConversion and the Politics of Land Owner ship in Colonial Bengal 173
CHAPTER FIVE The World of Munshi Meherullah 203
CHAPTER SIX The Elusive Legacies of Brahmabandhab Upadhyay 236
Epilogue 281
Archival Sources 289
Notes 291
Acknowledgments 343
Index 349

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Note on Translation ix
Introduction 1
CHAPTER ONEConversion and the Birth of Modern Apol o getics in India 29
CHAPTER TWOThe Contest over High-Caste Conversions 72
CHAP TER THREE The Great Tagore Will Case 128
CHAPTER FOURConversion and the Politics of Land Owner ship in Colonial Bengal 173
CHAPTER FIVE The World of Munshi Meherullah 203
CHAPTER SIX The Elusive Legacies of Brahmabandhab Upadhyay 236
Epilogue 281
Archival Sources 289
Notes 291
Acknowledgments 343
Index 349

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