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The Authority of Vernacular Pasts
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1992
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South Asian CultureLiterary HistoryOral HistoryTransnational HistoryNationalismColonialismSociolinguisticsVernacular PastsHistorical LinguisticsRhetoricCultural HistoryLanguage StudiesCultural TextNationalist SentimentsNineteenth CenturyVernacular Histories
The manner in which vernacular histories in India gave rise to localised nationalist sentiments under the British rule in the nineteenth century is highlighted. Their decline and ultimate elimination from public knowledge after historians compiled a national history using their narratives is discussed.