David Hardiman is a historian of

modern India Modern may refer to: History *Modern history ** Early Modern period ** Late Modern period *** 18th century *** 19th century *** 20th century ** Contemporary history * Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century Philosoph ...

and a founding member of the

subaltern studies The Subaltern Studies Group (SSG) or Subaltern Studies Collective is a group of South Asian scholars interested in the postcolonial and post-imperial societies. The term ''Subaltern Studies'' is sometimes also applied more broadly to others who sha ...

group. Born in

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

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, Hardiman was brought up in

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where he graduated from the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

in 1970 and received his D.Phil. in

South Asian History South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;;;;; T ...

from the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

in 1975. He is an Emeritus professor of the Department of History at the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...

Selected publications

*''Noncooperation in India: Nonviolent Strategy and Protest 1920-22'', Hurst, London 2020. * ''The Nonviolent Struggle for Indian Freedom 1905–19'', Hurst, London 2018. *''Medical Marginality in South Asia: Situating Subaltern Therapeutics'' , (edited with Projit Mukharji ),

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, 2012. *''Missionaries and their Medicine: A Christian Modernity for Tribal India'' , Manchester University press,

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

, 2008. *''Gandhi in his Time and Ours'', Permanent Black,

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

, 2003; Hurst, London,

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, New York and Natal University Press, Durban, 2004. / *''Peasant Resistance in India'' (edited collection with long introductory essay by D.H.),

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, New Delhi 1992 (paperback edition 1994). / *''Subaltern Studies VIII: Essays in Honour of

Ranajit Guha Ranajit Guha (born 23 May 1923, in Siddhakati, Backergunje) is a historian of the Indian Subcontinent who has been vastly influential in the Subaltern Studies group, and was the editor of several of the group's early anthologies. He migrated fro ...

'' (edited with

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), Oxford University Press,

1994 (paperback editions 1996,1997,1999). /

References

Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the London School of Economics Alumni of the University of Sussex Academics of the University of Warwick Historians of India Historians of South Asia Contemporary historians Year of birth missing (living people) People from Rawalpindi {{England-historian-stub