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“A Symbol of Freedom”: The Indian Flag and the Transformations of Nationalism, 1906–2002

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2007

Roy Srirupa
Roy Srirupa
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(srirupa@polsci.urmass.edu) Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , August 2006 , pp. 495 - 527
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