The Long History Of Partition In Bengal

Author : Rituparna Roy,Jayanta Sengupta,Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781003851899

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The Long History of Partition in Bengal by Rituparna Roy,Jayanta Sengupta,Sekhar Bandyopadhyay Pdf

This book focuses on the aftermath of the 1947 Partition of India. It considers the long aftermath and afterlives of Partition afresh, from a wide and inclusive range of perspectives and studies the specificities of the history of violence and migration and their memories in the Bengal region. The chapters in the volume range from the administrative consequences of partition to public policies on refugee settlement, life stories of refugees in camps and colonies, and literary and celluloid representations of Partition. It also probes questions of memory, identity, and the memorialization of events. Eclectic in its theoretical orientation and methodology, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of partition history, colonialism, refugee studies, Indian history, South Asian history, migration studies, and modern history in general.

Author : Bidyut Chakrabarty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134332748

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The Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947 by Bidyut Chakrabarty Pdf

The fragmentation of Bengal and Assam in 1947 was a crucial moment in India's socio-political history as a nation state. Both the British Indian provinces were divided as much through the actions of the Muslim League as by those of Congress and the British colonial power. Attributing partition largely to Hindu communalists is, therefore, historically inaccurate and factually misleading. The Partition of Bengal and Assam provides a review of constitutional and party politics as well as of popular attitudes and perceptions. The primary aim of this book is to unravel the intricate socio-economic and political processes that led up to partition, as Hindus and Muslims competed ferociously for the new power and privileges to be conferred on them with independence. As shown in the book, well before they divorced at a political level, Hindus and Muslims had been cleaved apart by their socio-economic differences. Partition was probably inevitable.

Author : Willem van Schendel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108473699

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A History of Bangladesh by Willem van Schendel Pdf

A revised and updated edition of Willem van Schendel's state-of-the-art history, revealing the vibrant and colourful past of Bangladesh.

Author : Yasmin Khan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300233643

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The Great Partition by Yasmin Khan Pdf

A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan This new edition of Yasmin Khan’s reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis. Reviews of the first edition: “A riveting book on this terrible story.”—Economist “Unsparing. . . . Provocative and painful.”—Times (London) “Many histories of Partition focus solely on the elite policy makers. Yasmin Khan’s empathetic account gives a great insight into the hopes, dreams, and fears of the millions affected by it.”—Owen Bennett Jones, BBC

Author : Joya Chatterji
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0521523281

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Bengal Divided by Joya Chatterji Pdf

An original and compelling account of the Hindu partitionist movement in Bengal.

Author : Kālīprasāda Mukhopādhyāẏa
Publisher : Ess Ess Publication
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000116084215

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Partition, Bengal and After by Kālīprasāda Mukhopādhyāẏa Pdf

This book is a comprehensive history of the Partition and its impact in the life and property of the minorities, especially in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Partition, Bengal and After examines the horrific atrocities committed against innocent unarmed persons. The book offers eyewitness accounts of the genocide, pangs, and pathos of the minorities, which is still continuing in Bangladesh.

Author : Joya Chatterji
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0521188067

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The Spoils of Partition by Joya Chatterji Pdf

The partition of India in 1947 was a seminal event of the twentieth century. Much has been written about the Punjab and the creation of West Pakistan; by contrast, little is known about the partition of Bengal. This remarkable book by an acknowledged expert on the subject assesses the social, economic and political consequences of partition. Using compelling sources, the book, which was originally published in 2007, shows how and why the borders were redrawn, how the creation of new nation states led to unprecedented upheavals, massive shifts in population and wholly unexpected transformations of the political landscape in both Bengal and India. The book also reveals how the spoils of partition, which the Congress in Bengal had expected from the new boundaries, were squandered over the twenty years which followed. This is an intriguing and challenging work whose findings change our understanding and its consequences for the history of the subcontinent.

Author : Paulomi Chakraborty
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780199095391

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The Refugee Woman by Paulomi Chakraborty Pdf

The Refugee Woman examines the Partition of 1947 by engaging with the cultural imagination of the ‘refugee woman’ in West Bengal, particularly in three significant texts of the Partition of Bengal—Ritwik Ghatak’s film Meghe Dhaka Tara; and two novels, Jyotirmoyee Devi’s Epar Ganga, Opar Ganga and Sabitri Roy’s Swaralipi. It shows that the figure of the refugee woman, animated by the history of the political left and refugee movements, and shaped by powerful cultural narratives, can contest and reconstitute the very political imagination of ‘woman’ that emerged through the long history of dominant cultural nationalisms. The reading it offers elucidates some of the complexities of nationalist, communal, and communist gender-politics of a key period in post-independence Bengal.

Author : Yasmin Khan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300230321

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The Great Partition by Yasmin Khan Pdf

"This new edition of Yasmin Khan's reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis. Reviews of the first edition: 'A riveting book on this terrible story'--The Economist; 'Unsparing. Provocative and painful'--The Times (London); 'Many histories of Partition focus solely on the elite policy makers. Yasmin Khan's empathetic account gives a great insight into the hopes, dreams, and fears of the millions affected by it'--Owen Bennett Jones, BBC"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Bashabi Fraser
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843313571

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Bengal Partition Stories by Bashabi Fraser Pdf

Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, 'Bengal Partition Stories' unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.

Author : BHASWATI MUKHERJEE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9353339588

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BENGAL & ITS PARTITION by BHASWATI MUKHERJEE Pdf

Author : Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199089345

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The Defining Moments in Bengal by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya Pdf

This work explores some of the constitutive elements in the life and mind of Bengal in the twentieth century. The author addresses some frequently unasked questions about the history of modern Bengal. In what way was twentieth-century Bengal different from 'Renaissance' Bengal of the late-nineteenth century? How was a regional identity consciousness redefined? Did the lineaments of politics in Bengal differ from the pattern in the rest of India? What social experiences drove the Muslim community's identity perception? How did Bengal cope with such crises as the impact of World War II, the famine of 1943 and the communal clashes that climaxed with the Calcutta riots of 1946? The author has chosen a significant period in the history of the region and draws on a wealth of sources archival and published documents, mainstream dailies, a host of rare Bengali magazines, memoirs and the literature of the time to tell his story. Looking closely at the momentous changes taking place in the region's economy, politics and socio-cultural milieu in the historically transformative years 1920-47, this book highlights myriad issues that cast a shadow on the decades that followed, arguably till our times.

Author : Śekhara Bandyopādhyāẏa
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 8125025960

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From Plassey to Partition by Śekhara Bandyopādhyāẏa Pdf

From Plassey to Partition is an eminently readable account of the emergence of India as a nation. It covers about two hundred years of political and socio-economic turbulence. Of particular interest to the contemporary reader will be sections such as Early Nationalism: Discontent and Dissension , Many Voices of a Nation and Freedom with Partition . On the one hand, it converses with students of Indian history and on the other, it engages general and curious readers. Few books on this crucial period of history have captured the rhythms of India s polyphonic nationalism as From Plassey to Partition.

Author : Debjani Sengupta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316673874

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The Partition of Bengal by Debjani Sengupta Pdf

This study looks at the rich literature that has been spawned through the historical imagination of Bengali-speaking writers in West Bengal and Bangladesh through issues of homelessness, migration and exile to see how the Partition of Bengal in 1947 has thrown a long shadow over memories and cultural practices. Through a rich trove of literary and other materials, the book lays bare how the Partition has been remembered or how it has been forgotten. For the first time, hitherto untranslated archival materials and texts in Bangla have been put together to assess the impact of 1947 on the cultural memory of Bangla-speaking peoples and communities. This study contends that there is not one but many smaller partitions that women and men suffered, each with its own textures of pain, guilt and affirmation.

Author : Vinod Kumar Saxena
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Bengal (India)
ISBN : UOM:39015014892171

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The Partition of Bengal, 1905-1911 by Vinod Kumar Saxena Pdf