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The census administration under the raj and after / Shriram Maheshwari

By: Publication details: New Delhi : Concept Pub. Co., 1996.Description: 227 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 817022585X (hbk)
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Contents:
Contents: Preface. 1. Introductory- 2. Genesis of census in India- 3. The plowden committee for a general census in India- 4. Census administration: What it involves- 5. The first general census, 1881- 6. The census commissioner for India- 7. Field organisation- 8. The second World War and the census- 9. Census and caste- 10. Politics of census- 11. Legal basis of the census- 12. From phoenix to permanent organisation- 13. Census and the Government of India act, 1935- 14. Recapitulating and beyond- Appendix:- 2. Census act, 1948- Index.
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Contents:
Preface.
1. Introductory-
2. Genesis of census in India-
3. The plowden committee for a general census in India-
4. Census administration: What it involves-
5. The first general census, 1881-
6. The census commissioner for India-
7. Field organisation-
8. The second World War and the census-
9. Census and caste-
10. Politics of census-
11. Legal basis of the census-
12. From phoenix to permanent organisation-
13. Census and the Government of India act, 1935-
14. Recapitulating and beyond-
Appendix:-
2. Census act, 1948-
Index.