TY - BOOK AU - Iqbal,Aashique Ahmed TI - The aeroplane and the making of modern india SN - 9780191954764 AV - HE9871.A35 U1 - 387.7095409045 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Aeronautics KW - India KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Airlines KW - Transport KW - ukslc KW - Transport industries KW - thema N1 - This edition also issued in print: 2022; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - The aeroplane played a small but significant role in India's transformation from colony to republic. Through the prism of aviation, both civil and military, this book traces the story of India's journey from the Second World War to the emergence of India as a sovereign state. Drawing on archives in India and the United Kingdom, untapped personal collections, and newspaper reports it points to the critical impact of aviation on the shaping of modern South Asia UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192864208.001.0001 ER -