Bengal divided : Hindu communalism and partition, 1932–1947 /

Chatterji, Joya,

Bengal divided : Hindu communalism and partition, 1932–1947 / Joya Chatterji. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,   2002. - xvii, 303 p. - South Asian studies 57 . - South Asian studies 57 .

"Bengal Divided relates how a large and powerful section of Hindu society in Bengal insisted that their province be divided to create a separate Hindu homeland. The picture which emerges is one of a fragmented society moving away from the mainstream of Indian nationalism, and increasingly preoccupied with more parochial concerns."--

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Communalism--India--Bengal--History.
Bengal (India)--History--Partition, 1947.

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