gandhi In his own words during 1940-1947

Dr. Emma Alexander

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Dickinson, Jen, “Decolonising the diaspora: neo -colonial per formances of Indian history in East Africa”,

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers , 37, no.4 (October 2012): 609 -623 .

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Samaroo, Brinsley and D avid Dabydeen (eds.), India in the Caribbean (London: Hansib Publishing, 1987).

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