This monograph looks at the last seven years of colonial rule in Bengal, analysing the interplay of multiple socioeconomic and political factors that shaped community identities into communal ones. It closely studies the Dacca Riots (1941), the Great Calcutta Killings (1946) and the Noakhali Riots (1946).
This monograph looks at the last seven years of colonial rule in Bengal, analysing the interplay of multiple socioeconomic and political factors that shaped community identities into communal ones. It closely studies the Dacca Riots (1941), the Great Calcutta Killings (1946) and the Noakhali Riots (1946).
Anwesha Roy is Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Gandhian Politics at the Department of History, King's College London. She completed her Ph.D. from Jawaharlal National University, India, and was also a Charles Wallace Scholar to Britain in 2014.
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List of maps Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Dacca Riot, 1941 2. Famine 1943 - towards a hardening of community identities 3. From community to communal: the Bengal Secondary Education Bill and the idea of Pakistan 4. The Great Calcutta Killing, August 1946 5. Noakhali Riots, October 1946 6. A test of faith: Gandhi in Noakhali and Calcutta, 1946-47 Concluding remarks Glossary Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Bibliography Index.
List of maps Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Dacca Riot, 1941 2. Famine 1943 - towards a hardening of community identities 3. From community to communal: the Bengal Secondary Education Bill and the idea of Pakistan 4. The Great Calcutta Killing, August 1946 5. Noakhali Riots, October 1946 6. A test of faith: Gandhi in Noakhali and Calcutta, 1946-47 Concluding remarks Glossary Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Bibliography Index.
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