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Aug 14, 2018 · The partition of India in 1947 is rightly considered as a blot in Indian history. Two streams of arguments exist- as per one the partition could be avoided and as per another it was unavoidable. Body: The Partition could not be avoided: The seeds of Partition were sown long ago.
Comprehensively incorporating new primary sources within the growing historical research and new methodologies to contextualize Bengal’s identity formation from 1920 to 1947, Bhattacharya narrates an eminently readable story that does not make the mistake of assuming the inevitability of partition.
Feb 18, 2009 · essay offers a counter-narrative to the 'inevitability' of the Partition by focusing on Bengali public discourse in the months leading up to the Partition. The possibility
Attributing partition largely to Hindu communalists is, therefore, historically inaccurate and factually misleading. The Partition of Bengal and Assam provides a review of constitutional and party politics as well as of popular attitudes and perceptions. Routledge Curzon, 2004. © Niyogi Books.
Jun 3, 2020 · On this day in 1947, the partition plan of the Indian subcontinent was made public and independence came on 14-15 August of that year.
Aug 15, 2017 · It is important to record that the dynamics that affected the partition of northeast India was more complex than in either Punjab or Bengal. Here ethnicity and linguistic antagonism also played a dominant role along with religion in determining the directions and dimensions of partition.
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‘Border Stories’ by Sunanda Bhattacharya gives us a local perspective on smuggling across this border: “Everyone knew who went smuggling in the dead of night across the border. No one gave a hoot about it; after all they never created the border.
