The Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947: Contour of Freedom

ISBN-13: 9780415328890 / Twarda / 2004 / 288 str.

India) Chakrabarty Bidyut (Delhi University

Opis

This book is a balanced account of the complex processes that finally culminated in the fragmentation of South Asia following decolonization.

Spis treści

1. The Hindu-Muslim Differences: The socio-economic and cultural dimensions 2. Divide and Rule: The Communal Award and its Implications in Bengal 3. Politics of Accommodation and Confrontation : The second partition of Bengal 4. An Alternative to Partition: The United Bengal Scheme 5. Redefining Borders: The Boundary Commission and the partition of Bengal 6. Construction and Consolidation of Identities: The Sylhet referendum and partition 7. History of Partition or Partition of History?: Fractured and wounded voice of the people

O autorze

Bidyut Chakrabarty is Professor in Political Sciences and chair of Political Sciences at the University of Delhi, India.