Acknowledgements.

The article presents an acknowledgement to the book Identity & Religion," by Amalendu Mishra. While working on this project, the author received help, support, assistance, advice and encouragement from many institutions and individuals. I thank the University of Hull for granting me a research award to undertake this study. he is grateful to Sue Applegarth and Joanne Clark, Secretaries to the Scholarship Committee for cutting bureaucratic red tape and making sure he received his fellowship in time. A traveling grant from the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust/Rajiv Gandhi Foundation enabled him to make a trip to India and consult some archival materials. He thanks also the staff of Brynmore Jones Library.