The Partition of Bengal

The Partition of Bengal
Author: Debjani Sengupta
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015-10-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 1316673871

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.

Partition, Bengal and After

Partition, Bengal and After
Author: Kālīprasāda Mukhopādhyāẏa
Publisher: Ess Ess Publication
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN:

This book is a comprehensive history of the Partition and its impact in the life and property of the minorities, especially in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Partition, Bengal and After examines the horrific atrocities committed against innocent unarmed persons. The book offers eyewitness accounts of the genocide, pangs, and pathos of the minorities, which is still continuing in Bangladesh.

Partition as Border-Making

Partition as Border-Making
Author: Sayeed Ferdous
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2021-09-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000458954

This book critically analyzes the Partition experiences from East Bengal in 1947 and its prolonged aftermath leading to the creation of Bangladesh in 1971. It looks at how newly emerged borderlands at the time of Partition affected lives and triggered prolonged consequences for the people living in East Bengal/Bangladesh. The author brings to the fore unheard voices and unexplored narratives, especially those relating the experience of different groups of Muslims in the midst of the falling apart of the unified Muslim identity. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research and archival resources, the volume analyzes various themes such as partition literature, local narratives of border-making, smuggling, border violence, refugees, identity conflicts, border crossing, and experiences of the Bihari Muslims and the Hindus of East Pakistan, among others. A unique study in border-making, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of history, South Asian history, Partition studies, oral history, anthropology, political history, refugee studies, minority studies, political science, and borderland studies.

The Spoils of Partition

The Spoils of Partition
Author: Joya Chatterji
Publisher:
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2007
Genre: Bengal (India)
ISBN: 9781107182103

An assessment of the devastating social, political and economic consequences of the partition of Bengal.

Bengal Divided

Bengal Divided
Author: Joya Chatterji
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2002-06-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521523288

An original and compelling account of the Hindu partitionist movement in Bengal.

The Great Partition

The Great Partition
Author: Yasmin Khan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2017-07-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300233647

A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan This new edition of Yasmin Khan’s reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis. Reviews of the first edition: “A riveting book on this terrible story.”—Economist “Unsparing. . . . Provocative and painful.”—Times (London) “Many histories of Partition focus solely on the elite policy makers. Yasmin Khan’s empathetic account gives a great insight into the hopes, dreams, and fears of the millions affected by it.”—Owen Bennett Jones, BBC

A History of Bangladesh

A History of Bangladesh
Author: Willem van Schendel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2020-07-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108620337

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.

Bengal Partition Stories

Bengal Partition Stories
Author: Bashabi Fraser
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 184331357X

Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, 'Bengal Partition Stories' unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.

Region and Partition

Region and Partition
Author: Ian Talbot
Publisher:
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN:

For the first time, this book brings a comparative perspective to the two Muslim majority areas of the subcontinent most affected by the turmoil which followed the British decision to divide and quit in 1947. It presents important new insights into both the mechanisms of boundary drawing and the consequences for the millions of ordinary people caught up in the massacres and migrations.

Bengal Divided

Bengal Divided
Author: Nitish K. Sengupta
Publisher: India Book Mart
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Bangladesh
ISBN: 9780143419556