TY - BOOK AU - Saxena,Saumya TI - Divorce and democracy : a history of personal Law in post-independence India SN - 9781108498340 U1 - 346.54 PY - 2022/// CY - New Delhi PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Domestic relations KW - Divorce--Law and legislation KW - Divorce--Religious aspects KW - bisacsh N1 - Based on author's thesis (doctoral -- University of Cambridge, 2017) issued under title: Politics of personal law in post-independence India c.1946-2007; Personal law and the making of modern religion, 1946-56 -- Committees, codes, and customs : renegotiating personal law, 1957-69 -- Social movements, national emergency, and the custody of the Constitution, 1967-79 -- Muslim law, Hindu nationalism, and Indian secularisms, 1980-92 -- The court in context, 1992-2000s -- From the courtroom to the courtyard : the public life of personal law, 2000-present -- ER -