Urmila Phadnis (1931 – 1991) was an Indian political scientist and sociologist, who specialised in the ethnology of South Asia. She served as professor of international affairs at Jawaharlal Nehru University. She authored the books Ethnicity and Nation-building in South Asia (2001), Towards the Integration of Indian States, 1919-1947 (1968), and Maldives, Winds of Change in an Atoll State (1985) among others on the geopolitics of South Asia. She was the mother of political writer Aditi Phadnis.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Mani, S. D. (1994). Understanding South Asia : essays in the memory of late Professor (Mrs.) Urmila Phadnis. New Delhi: South Asian Publishers. ISBN 9788170031734.
  2. ^ Gupta, Shekhar (October 30, 2013). "Uncovering The War". Indian Express. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  3. ^ Foreign Affairs Reports. Indian Council of World Affairs. 1966. p. 161.
  4. ^ Taras, Raymond; Ganguly, Rajat (7 August 2015). Understanding Ethnic Conflict. Routledge. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-317-34283-0.
  5. ^ Sharma, Rajendra Narayan; Bakshi, Santosh (1978). Political Science in India. Concept Publishing Company. p. 188.


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