The Bengal Borderland

The Bengal Borderland
Author: Willem van Schendel
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 1843311453

'The Bengal Borderland' constitutes the epicentre of the partition of British India. Yet while the forging of international borders between India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma (the 'Bengal Borderland') has been a core theme in Partition studies, these crucial borderlands have, remarkably, been largely ignored by historians.