Colonial State Capital and Labour in India

About The K. Venugopal Reddy, is presently working as Associate Professor in the Department of History, Pondicherry Central University, Puducherry. He obtained his M.A. and M.Phil from University of Hyderabad and Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He had qualified in the UGC. NET and received UGC Research Associateship in History. He has several years of teaching and research experience and attended various national and international conferences and seminars. He published three books, Class Colonialism and Nationalism in Madras Presidency, 19281939 (2002) and Working Class and Freedom Struggle, 19181922 (2005), and Dominance and Resistance in Colonial India (2012), (Edited) and several research articles in highly reputed national journals. He organised various National Seminars on diverse themes in Modern Indian History. He is a member of professional bodies and societies and possesses several years of experience at guiding students for research in Modern Indian History. Preface 9 List of Contributors Colonial State, Capital and Labour in India Introduction. 2. World of Labour and Analysis of Gandhi’s PoliticalIdeological Forms, 19061934 Introduction Indentured Labour in South Africa The AntiCapitalist Ethic of Sarvodaya The Labour Strikes in Natal The Ahmedabad Labour Struggle Aftermath of Ahmedabad Relation with the Capitalists. Shri Krishan 3. Growth of Agro Industries in the Northern Circars (19191939) Introduction Government’s Industrial Policies before the World WarI Change in the Industrial Policies after the World WarI Recommendations of Indian Industrial Commission (1918) Protection to Indian Industries New Industrial Policy in the Madras Presidency Industries in the Northern Circars before the 1