History of science: The crucible of change

Ball, Philip

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“…The nawab praised what he regarded as the civilizing effects of Crown rule: "Wherever the banner of your majesty is unfurled, industry, arts, and science follow in its wake, and carry with them prosperity, civilisation, and education." 36 It is important to note that the nawab was eager to praise Victoria; in 1853 certain princely rights and privileges that the nawabs had enjoyed were retracted, and he began a long (and abortive) campaign to get back these rights, once declaring himself "the most loyal of Her [Majesty's] Indian subjects." 37 But perhaps the most notable Muslim reaction to the proclamation came from Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-1898), founder of the Aligarh movement, 38 who spared no words in praising Victoria and her rule.…”

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The Queen's Urdu: Translating Colonial Secularity in Victoria's 1858 Proclamation

Ingram

2024

Victorian Literature and Culture

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This article argues that Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1858, marking the transfer of power from the East India Company to the crown, ushered in a new era of colonial secularity. “Colonial secularity” refers to the myriad ways that normative distinctions between religion and not-religion emerged and proliferated in colonial contexts. The proclamation committed not to interfere in religion, but “religion” is circumscribed, reconceptualized largely as a matter of private conscience set against the purview of the state. As this article explores, it is according to this logic that the abolition of Islamic criminal law after the proclamation could register as noninterference in native religion. At the same time, Christian missionaries contested the proclamation's notions of neutrality to carve out a space in which they might operate.

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The Queen's Urdu: Translating Colonial Secularity in Victoria's 1858 Proclamation

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2024

Victorian Literature and Culture

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History of science: The crucible of change

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The Queen's Urdu: Translating Colonial Secularity in Victoria's 1858 Proclamation

The Queen's Urdu: Translating Colonial Secularity in Victoria's 1858 Proclamation

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