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Bengal Divided

Hindu Communalism and Partition, 1932–1947

Paperback EN 2002 9780521523288
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Whereas previous studies of the end of British rule in India have concentrated on the negotiations of the transfer of power at the all-India level or have considered the emergence of separatist politics amongst India's Muslim minorities, this study provides a re-evaluation of the history of Bengal focusing on the political and social processes that led to the demand for partition in Bengal and tracing the rise of Hindu communalism. In its most startling revelation, the author shows how the demand for a separate homeland for the Hindus, which was fuelled by a large and powerful section of Hindu society within Bengal, was seen as the only way to regain influence and to wrest power from the Muslim majority. The picture which emerges is one of a stratified and fragmented society moving away from the mainstream of Indian nationalism, and increasingly preoccupied with narrower, more parochial concerns.

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ISBN13:9780521523288
Taal:EN
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:324
Thema:
1FKA India
3MPBG Interbellum ca. 1919 tot ca. 1939
3MPBLB Tweede Wereldoorlog (ca. 1939 - ca. 1945)
3MPQ Late 20ste eeuw (ca. 1950 tot ca. 1999

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