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Journal Articles

Ankit, R (2023) Dewan Chaman Lall: from trade unions to the Indian Union, 1946–1966, Studies in Indian Politics, 11(2), pp.192-204, ISSN: 2321-0230. DOI: 10.1177/23210230231203771.

Ankit, R (2023) Looking for Dr B. R. Ambedkar in The Times of India, December 1956–April 1990, History and Sociology of South Asia, 17(2), pp.149-169, ISSN: 2230-8075. DOI: 10.1177/22308075231164672.

Ankit, R (2023) Bombay “city boss,” Congress party treasurer, and union cabinet minister from Nehru to Indira: Sadashiv Kanoji Patil (1898–1981), India Review, 22(3), pp.333-359, ISSN: 1473-6489. DOI: 10.1080/14736489.2023.2201541.

Ankit, R (2023) Delinking ‘the two rupees’: The devaluation dilemma and economic divergence in the decolonized subcontinent, September 1949–February 1951, Modern Asian Studies, 57(3), pp.918-939, ISSN: 0026-749X. DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X22000336.

Ankit, R (2023) Probing early Pakistan: East Bengal politicians and their exchanges with Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan, 1947–51, The Indian Economic and Social History Review, 60(1), pp.37-58, ISSN: 0019-4646. DOI: 10.1177/00194646221148690.

Ankit, R (2022) ‘The Indian Maharaja under check…’: the abolition of privy purses and princely privileges, 1967-71 and the end of an era, Britain and the World, 15(2), pp.120-141, ISSN: 2043-8567. DOI: 10.3366/brw.2022.0389.

Ankit, R (2022) ‘In trust for the three nations’? The India Office Library & Records dispute, 1947–72, Contemporary British History, 37(2), pp.165-191, ISSN: 1361-9462. DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2022.2110471.

Ankit, R (2022) Jayaprakash Narayan and Indira Gandhi, 1966-74: Before the rivalry, Studies in History, 37(2), pp.213-234, ISSN: 0257-6430. DOI: 10.1177/02576430211069160.

Ankit, R (2021) Towards the publication of The Transfer of Power documents, 1961–69, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 45(1), pp.36-52, ISSN: 0085-6401. DOI: 10.1080/00856401.2022.1991558.

Ankit, R (2021) M.C. Chagla and the ‘nationalist’ imaginations of a ‘political minority’ in India, 1947-67, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 41(3), pp.491-509, ISSN: 1360-2004. DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2021.1997274.

Ankit, R (2021) Letters from a province: Harekrushna Mahtab to Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947–1949, Studies in Indian Politics, 9(2), pp.208-220, ISSN: 2321-0230. DOI: 10.1177/23210230211043018.

Ankit, R (2021) Mountbatten and India, 1964-79: after Nehru, Contemporary British History, 35(4), pp.569-596, ISSN: 1361-9462. DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2021.1944113.

Ankit, R (2020) Bearing ‘financial responsibility’ for the Government and the Party: C.D. Deshmukh (1950-56) & T.T. Krishnamachari (1956-58), Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 58(4), pp.476-494, ISSN: 1466-2043. DOI: 10.1080/14662043.2020.1794547.

Ankit, R (2020) Lal Bahadur Shastri, 1964–1966: Leader at a Glance, Studies in Indian Politics, pp.232102302091806-232102302091806, ISSN: 2321-0230. DOI: 10.1177/2321023020918062.

Ankit, R (2020) India in The Pakistan Times, September 1950-February 1951, India Review, 19(1), pp.52-84, ISSN: 1473-6489. DOI: 10.1080/14736489.2019.1710084.

Ankit, R (2019) Dr. John Matthai (1886-1959): Between ‘Bombay Plan’ and ‘Planning Commission’, Contemporary South Asia, 28(1), pp.43-57, ISSN: 0958-4935. DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2019.1700217.

Ankit, R (2019) In the hands of a ‘secular state’: Meos in the aftermath of Partition, 1947-49, The Indian Economic and Social History Review, 56(4), pp.457-488, ISSN: 0019-4646. DOI: 10.1177/0019464619873819.

Ankit, R (2019) Mountbatten, Auchinleck and the end of British Indian Army: August-November 1947, Britain and the World, 12(2), pp.172-198, ISSN: 2043-8567. DOI: 10.3366/brw.2019.0325.

Ankit, R (2019) Bureaucracy, community, and land: The resettlement of Meos in Mewat, 1949-50, Journal of Social History, 54(1), ISSN: 0022-4529. DOI: 10.1093/jsh/shy119.

Ankit, R (2019) State before Partition: India’s Interim Government under Wavell, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 42(1), pp.97-114, ISSN: 0085-6401. DOI: 10.1080/00856401.2019.1556890.

Ankit, R (2019) P. N. Haksar and Indira’s India: A Glimpse of the domestic sphere, 1967–1976, Studies in Indian Politics, ISSN: 2321-0230. DOI: 10.1177/2321023019838640.

Ankit, R (2018) Junagadh, India and the Logic of Occupation and Appropriation, 1947–49, Studies in History, 34(2), pp.109-140, ISSN: 0257-6430. DOI: 10.1177/0257643018762940.

Ankit, R (2018) Caste Politics in Bihar: In Historical Continuum, History and Sociology of South Asia, 12(2), pp.115-136, ISSN: 2230-8075. DOI: 10.1177/2230807518767968.

Ankit, R (2018) Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah of Kashmir, 1965–1975: From externment to enthronement, Studies in Indian Politics, 6(1), pp.88-102, ISSN: 2321-0230. DOI: 10.1177/2321023018762820.

Ankit, R (2018) G.A. Naqvi: from Indian Police (UP), 1926 to Pakistani citizen (Sindh), 1947, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 28(2), pp.295-314, ISSN: 1356-1863. DOI: 10.1017/S1356186317000700.

Ankit, R (2017) The transfer of Jodhpur railways, 1947-48: Denials, delays and divisions, Economic and Political Weekly, 52(40), pp.40-47, ISSN: 0012-9976.

Ankit, R (2017) Marxist Guru, Socialist Neta, Buddhist Acharya, Gandhi’s Shishya: the many Narendra Deva(s) (1889–1956), Global Intellectual History, 2(3), pp.350-369, ISSN: 2380-1883. DOI: 10.1080/23801883.2017.1370241.

Ankit, R (2017) Janata Party (1974–77): Creation of an all-India opposition, History and Sociology of South Asia, 11(1), pp.39-54, ISSN: 2230-8075. DOI: 10.1177/2230807516652987.

Ankit, R (2016) The accession of Junagadh, 1947–48: Colonial sovereignty, state violence and post-independence India, The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 53(3), pp.371-404, ISSN: 0019-4646. DOI: 10.1177/0019464616651167.

Ankit, R (2016) A regional satrap, a Hindu nationalist and a conservative congressman: Dwarka Prasad Mishra (1901–1988), Contemporary South Asia, 24(1), pp.36-49, ISSN: 0958-4935. DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2015.1132190.

Ankit, R (2016) America, India, and Kashmir, 1945–49: “If Ignorance About India in This Country is Deep, Ignorance About the [Princely] States is Abysmal”1, Diplomacy & Statecraft, 27(1), pp.22-44, ISSN: 0959-2296. DOI: 10.1080/09592296.2016.1137731.

Ankit, R (2016) Between Vanity and Sensitiveness: Indo–British Relations During Vijayalakshmi Pandit’s High-Commissionership (1954–61), Contemporary British History, 30(1), pp.20-39, ISSN: 1361-9462. DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2015.1049262.

Ankit, R (2015) Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian National Congress and Party Politics, 1934–1954, Studies in Indian Politics, 3(2), pp.149-163, ISSN: 2321-0230. DOI: 10.1177/2321023015601739.

Ankit, R (2015) In the Twilight of Empire: Two Impressions of Britain and India at the United Nations, 1945–47, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 38(4), pp.574-588, ISSN: 0085-6401. DOI: 10.1080/00856401.2015.1062187.

Ankit, R (2015) J F Duff and the university education commission of India, 1948-49, Economic and Political Weekly, 50(33), pp.67-71, ISSN: 0012-9976.

Ankit, R (2015) Mountbatten and India, 1948–64, The International History Review, 37(2), pp.240-261, ISSN: 0707-5332. DOI: 10.1080/07075332.2014.900812.

Ankit, R (2014) To Issue ‘Stand Down’ or Not…: Britain and Kashmir, 1947–49, Britain and the World, 7(2), pp.238-260, ISSN: 2043-8567. DOI: 10.3366/brw.2014.0150.

Ankit, R (2014) The last sahibs: Governors in british India, March-August 1947, Economic and Political Weekly, (31), pp.122-129, ISSN: 0012-9976.

Ankit, R (2014) Louis Fischer and India, 1947–1964: Gandhi’s Disciple, Nehru’s Bête Noire?, India Review, 13(3), pp.171-186, ISSN: 1473-6489. DOI: 10.1080/14736489.2014.937265.

Ankit, R (2013) Britain and Kashmir, 1948: “The Arena of the UN”, Diplomacy & Statecraft, 24(2), pp.273-290, ISSN: 0959-2296. DOI: 10.1080/09592296.2013.789771.

Ankit, R (2013) Great Britain and Kashmir, 1947–49, India Review, 12(1), pp.20-40, ISSN: 1473-6489. DOI: 10.1080/14736489.2013.759467.

Ankit, R (2012) How the ban on the RSS was lifted, Economic and Political Weekly, 47(16), pp.71-78, ISSN: 0012-9976.

Ankit, R (2010) 1948: The crucial year in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, Economic and Political Weekly, 45(11), pp.49-58, ISSN: 0012-9976.



Books

Ankit, R (2019) India in the interregnum interim government, September 1946--August 1947, © Oxford University Press, India, ISBN: 9780199489688.

Ankit, R (2016) The Kashmir conflict from empire to the Cold War, 1945-66, Routledge, ISBN: 9781138654518.



Chapters

Ankit, R (2020) British high commissioners in India and Pakistan, and the Kashmir conflict, 1947-49. In Embassies in Crisis: Studies of Diplomatic Missions in Testing Situations, pp.121-142, ISBN: 9780815357889. DOI: 10.4324/9781351123501-7.

Ankit, R (2019) The RSS’s ‘village republics’. In India at 70: Multidisciplinary Approaches, pp.47-60, ISBN: 9780367354992. DOI: 10.4324/9780429331800-4.

(2017) India and the World in the First Half of the Twentieth Century. In Palat, MK (ed) Unknown Parent Title, Routledge India. DOI: 10.4324/9781351255325.



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