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

      The Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947

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      The Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947 book

      Contour of Freedom
      ByBidyut Chakrabarty
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2004
      eBook Published 27 May 2004
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203391112
      Pages 288
      eBook ISBN 9780203391112
      Subjects Area Studies, Humanities
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      Chakrabarty, B. (2004). The Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947: Contour of Freedom (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203391112

      ABSTRACT

      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.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |35 pages

      INTRODUCTION

      chapter 1|19 pages

      THE HINDU–MUSLIM DIFFERENCES

      The socio-economic and cultural dimensions

      chapter 2|30 pages

      DIVIDE AND RULE

      The Communal Award and its implications in Bengal

      chapter 3|47 pages

      POLITICS OF ACCOMMODATION AND CONFRONTATION

      The second partition of Bengal

      chapter 4|22 pages

      AN ALTERNATIVE TO PARTITION

      The united Bengal scheme

      chapter 5|22 pages

      Redefining borders

      The Boundary Commission and the partition of Bengal

      chapter 6|33 pages

      CONSTRUCTION AND CONSOLIDATION OF IDENTITIES

      The Sylhet referendum and partition

      chapter 7|30 pages

      HISTORY OF PARTITION OR PARTITION OF HISTORY?

      The fractured and wounded voice of the people
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