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... the Basti Gautam Bhan F or nearly three decades, on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi lay one of its origins: a string of settlements by the riverbank, stretching at their height to nearly 30,000 households, that were colloquially called Pushta (riverbank). The first settlers came in the late...

... from the Basti, Bhan presents a distinctive mod- ern mode of urbanization from his discussion of slum residents in New Delhi; the political struggle he observes is a way in which the world s most mar- ginal urban residents negotiate their presence in the city. Bhan s insights point out a way in which...

... projects that enhance the ability of the urban poor to navigate the city. 13 The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme, operating in Delhi's Nizamuddin Basti and elsewhere, offers an interesting set of case studies that focus on public space, not private dwellings, and on connective infrastructure...

... 7(1985): 17 Qiyam-i bastis bastis...

..., and Basti in the United Province. In- The British as well as the colonial Indian dians were also recruited from the sprawling government agreed to transport these Indians Madras Presidency in South India and from the to British Guiana to substitute the loss of slave...

... a resolution calling for the abolition of reservations, the roster system and the carry forward system. The police also openly joined the upper castes in their stone-throwing on Dalit homes, using a number of houses belonging to the Patidars to fire down on a neighboring Dalit basti. The other...

... Saran & Darbhanga, Santhal Parganas, MuzafFarpur, Champaran, and m] May (1)/1942 Pama, as well as the adjoining districts of Gorakhpur and Basti in U.P. '' Morning Ni,Apd 18, 1947 See Mm*qNi...

... the town’s of the bastis strengthened the cause of the cam- revolutionaries just as the constitutionalist cam- paigners for a constitution, but the government paigns broke out into the open both in Tehran kept stalling the establishment of independent...