Criminals, Heroes and Martyrs: A Backward caste remembers the colonial past

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2009-03-01

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Jassal, Smita Tewari

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Inventing Collateral Damage: Civilian Casualties, War and Empire

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S. T. Jassal, Criminals, Heroes and Martyrs: A Backward caste remembers the colonial past. 2009.