Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the Hindu Dissent and the Partition of Bengal, 1932-1947

ISBN-13: 9780367530976 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 442 str.

Chhanda Chatterjee

Opis

This study on Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee provides details of the circumstances under which he assumed the leading role in demanding the separation of the Hindu majority districts in the western half of Bengal from the proposed East Pakistan.

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Spis treści

Introduction 1. A Novel Political Arithmetic: The MacDonald Award of 1932 and the Challenge to the Hindus of Bengal 2. The Working of the Provincial Autonomy in Bengal: The First Phase 3. The Mounting of Tensions and the Dacca Riots 4. The Hindu Mahasabha and its Works in Bengal, 1939-1941 5. Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee and the Non-Communal Alternative: The Progressive Coalition Ministry 6. The Blighted Province: Communalism, Famine and Steps Towards Decolonization 7. Larke Lenge Pakistan (Pakistan by Force): Muslim League Direct Action in Calcutta and Noakhali 8. The Best of a Bad Bargain: Dr. Mookerjee’s Formula for Peace 9. Conclusion

O autorze

Chhanda Chatterjee retired as Professor of History and Director, Centre for Guru Nanak Dev Studies in Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.