China and India in an Age of Decolonization: An Analysis of the Nehru Papers, 1947-1964

FAIN: RZ-292626-23

New York University (New York, NY 10012-1019)
Tansen Sen (Project Director: November 2022 to present)
Arunabh Ghosh (Co Project Director: September 2023 to present)
Gal Gvili (Co Project Director: October 2023 to present)

Preparation of a digital archive and open-access edited volume on Indian - Chinese relations during the Cold War based on the papers of Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964). (36 months)

This project is submitted to the Scholarly Digital Projects category. It offers new perspectives on the early Cold War era by studying interactions between China and India. Our work pivots around the analysis and digitization of China-related materials from the recently declassified papers of Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), India’s first Prime Minister. These documents reorient existing narratives of the Cold War by illuminating China-India as a critical nexus which foregrounds an intra-Asian perspective in global histories of the 1950s. Studies of China-India exchange have largely focused on International Relations. In contrast, employing diverse disciplinary perspectives we will develop a digital archive and a peer reviewed open-access edited volume that will provide new understandings of issues that hold historical and contemporary significance, including scientific development, food security, gender and social equity, and popular culture.