Subject(s): Immigrant communities -- Politics of untouchability -- Social transformation -- Sociology, Urban in India -- India (Republic) Urban regions Social aspects -- Urbanization -- Traditional urbanism and urbanization -- Urbanization in colonial situation -- Demographic and ecological aspects -- Urbanization in India 1901-1961 -- Cities in India: growth and location -- Morphology of Indian cities -- Immigrant communities and neighbourhoods -- Rural cities in India -- Little madras in Bombay city -- Social stratification and mobility -- Cast,occupation and social class in Chandigarh -- Lucknow rickshawallas: social organization of an occupational category -- Social mobility among scheduled castes in Poona -- Marriage and family -- Intercaste and inter-community marriages in Bombay -- Family and kinship groups among the Khatris in Delhi -- Tradition and metropolitans : madras -- Pilgrim city: Nasik -- Politics -- Dravidian politics -- Politics of untouchability -- Urban influences on rural areas -- Industrialization -- Urbanization and social change