Bengal Divided - Hindu Communalism and Partition, 1932-1947 (Hardcover)


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. 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 Muslims who were in the 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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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. 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 Muslims who were in the 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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Imprint

Cambridge UniversityPress

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Cambridge South Asian Studies

Release date

December 1994

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First published

August 1994

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Dimensions

235 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

323

ISBN-13

978-0-521-41128-8

Barcode

9780521411288

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LSN

0-521-41128-9



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