Sucheta Mahajan
Professor
Centre for Historical Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
India
Biography
Sucheta Mahajan has 24 years teaching and three years as a research assistant and associate for an oral history project prior to teaching.
Research Interest
Sucheta Mahajan research interest include Modern Indian History, Contemporary Indian History, with a focus on the themes of colonialism, nationalism and communalism; decolonization in a comparative framework; and history and social theory. In JNU I have taught courses/part of courses on Histories and Theories of Nationalism, Indian Politics in the late colonial period, Histories of Partition and Colonialism as a world system.
Publications
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3. Independence and Partition: The Erosion of Colonial Power in India, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2000. The Sage Series in Modern Indian History was inaugurated with this volume. The Hindi edition was published as Swatantrata aur Vibhajan by Granthshilpi Prakashan, New Delhi, 2005.
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2. Rites of Passage, A Civil Servant Remembers: H.M. Patel, (ed.), Rupa & Co., New Delhi, 2005. As the editor of this book, I have written a scholarly Introduction, reconstructed the book from manuscripts left incomplete because of Patel’s death and added selections from classified documents as substantive appendices.
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1. Composite Culture in a Multi-Cultural Society (Co-edited with Bipan Chandra), Pearson India and National Book Trust, New Delhi, 2006. I have co-edited this book and written the Introduction.
