Chhanda Chatterjee

Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the Hindu Dissent and the Partition of Bengal, 1932-1947

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Produktbeschreibung

This study on Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee provides details of the circumstances under which he assumed the leading role in demanding the separation of the Hindu majority districts in the western half of Bengal from the proposed East Pakistan. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 137mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780367530976
• ISBN-10: 036753097X
• Artikelnr.: 60037190

Autorenporträt

Chhanda Chatterjee retired as Professor of History and Director, Centre for Guru Nanak Dev Studies in Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. A Novel Political Arithmetic: The MacDonald Award of 1932
and the Challenge to the Hindus of Bengal 2. The Working of the Provincial
Autonomy in Bengal: The First Phase 3. The Mounting of Tensions and the
Dacca Riots 4. The Hindu Mahasabha and its Works in Bengal, 1939-1941 5.
Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee and the Non-Communal Alternative: The
Progressive Coalition Ministry 6. The Blighted Province: Communalism,
Famine and Steps Towards Decolonization 7. Larke Lenge Pakistan (Pakistan
by Force): Muslim League Direct Action in Calcutta and Noakhali 8. The Best
of a Bad Bargain: Dr. Mookerjee's Formula for Peace 9. Conclusion