Partition of Bengal
Partition of Bengal

Author: Nityapriẏa Ghosha

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

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Excerpts of essays, comments and editorial from different journals.

A History of Bangladesh
A History of Bangladesh

Author: Willem van Schendel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-07-02

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 1108620337

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Bangladesh did not exist as an independent state until 1971. Willem van Schendel's state-of-the-art history navigates the extraordinary twists and turns that created modern Bangladesh through ecological disaster, colonialism, partition, a war of independence and cultural renewal. In this revised and updated edition, Van Schendel offers a fascinating and highly readable account of life in Bangladesh over the last two millennia. Based on the latest academic research and covering the numerous historical developments of the 2010s, he provides an eloquent introduction to a fascinating country and its resilient and inventive people. A perfect survey for travellers, expats, students and scholars alike.

The Partition of Bengal
The Partition of Bengal

Author: Debjani Sengupta

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-10-22

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1316673871

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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.

The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia
The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia

Author: Gyanesh Kudaisya

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-03

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1134440480

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The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia draws upon new theoretical insights and fresh bodies of data to historically reappraise partition in the light of its long aftermath.

The Last Prince of Bengal
The Last Prince of Bengal

Author: Lyn Innes

Publisher: Saqi Books

Published: 2022-04-05

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1908906472

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The Nawab Nazim was born into one of India's most powerful royal families. Three times the size of Great Britain, his kingdom ranged from the soaring Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. However, the Nawab was seen as a threat by the British authorities, who forced him to abdicate in 1880 and permanently abolished his titles. The Nawab's change in fortune marked the end of an era in India and left his secret English family abandoned. The Last Prince of Bengal tells the true story of the Nawab Nazim and his family as they sought by turns to befriend, settle in and eventually escape Britain. From glamourous receptions with Queen Victoria to a scandalous Muslim marriage with an English chambermaid; and from Bengal tiger hunts to sheep farming in the harsh Australian outback, Lyn Innes recounts her ancestors' extraordinary journey from royalty to relative anonymity. This compelling account visits the extremes of British rule in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, exposing complex prejudices regarding race, class and gender. It is the intimate story of one family and their place in defining moments of recent Indian, British and Australian history. 'I was captivated and surprised by this bitter-sweet history as it twists and turns down three generations, through many astonishing changes of fame and fortune, from a glittering Bengal palace to an Australian sheep farm. Lovingly researched and meticulously told, The Last Prince of Bengal is notable for its candid revelations of British colonial attitudes and hypocrisies across two centuries. A rich, delightful and unexpectedly thought-provoking saga.' -- Richard Holmes Lyn Innes explores her ancestors' history in moving detail, capturing the tragic story of the dethroned princes of Bengal who had to make their lives in foreign lands, marked forever by the harsh legacy of Empire.'-- Shrabani Basu, author of Victoria and Abdul: The Extraordinary True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant

Partitions of Bengal
Partitions of Bengal

Author: Ajit K. Neogy

Publisher: Calcutta : A. Mukherjee & Company

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13:

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British administration in Bengal, 1905-1911.