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a comprehensive history of modern bengal 1700–1950 A Comprehensive History of modern bengal 1700–1950 volume iii edited by sabyasachi bhattacharya the asiatic society 1 Park Street q Kolkata 1 6 in association with PRIMUS BOOKS An imprint of Ratna Sagar P. Ltd. Virat Bhavan Mukherjee Nagar Commercial Complex Delhi 110 009 Offices at CHENNAI LUCKNOW AGRA AHMEDABAD BANGALORE COIMBATORE DEHRADUN GUWAHATI HYDERABAD JAIPUR JALANDHAR KANPUR KOCHI KOLKATA MADURAI MUMBAI PATNA RANCHI VARANASI © the asiatic society 2020 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Primus Books, or as expressly permitted by law, by licence, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to Primus Books at the address above. First published 2020 ISBN: 978-93-89901-95-5 (hardback) Published by Primus Books in association with The Asiatic Society Laser typeset by Guru Typograph Technology Crossings Republic, Ghaziabad 201 009 Printed and bound in India by Replika Press Pvt. Ltd. This book is meant for educational and learning purposes. The author(s) of the book has/have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the contents of the book do not violate any existing copyright or other intellectual property rights of any person in any manner whatsoever. In the event the author(s) has/have been unable to track any source and if any copyright has been inadvertently infringed, please notify the publisher in writing for correct Contents List of Illustrations ix Foreword xiii Introduction xv 1. The Swadeshi Era in Bengal sumit sarkar 1 2. Bengal’s Nationalist Trajectory: Turns and Twists of History, 1919–1947 bidyut chakrabarty 35 3. Adivasi Quest for a New Culture in Colonial Bengal: Context, Ideology and Organization, 1855–1932 binay bhushan chaudhuri 81 4. The Peasant Question and the Middle Class Intelligentsia in Bengal, 1831–1930 bipasha raha 166 5. Civil Society and Politics: Bengal, 1905–1927 rajat kanta ray 231 6. Caste and Politics in Bengal: Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century sekhar bandyopadhyay 313 7. The Political Ascendancy of the Muslim League, 1937–1947 and India’s Partition harun-or-rashid 362 vi A Comprehensive History of Modern Bengal 8. National Industrial Enterprise in Bengal under Colonial Rule: Case Studies of Some Swadeshi Companies, 1878–1947 amit bhattacharyya 383 9. Bengali Literature Riding the Waves of Nationalism and Communism, 1905–1950 anuradha roy 427 10. Science in Modern Bengal deepak kumar 491 11. Industrial Labour Movement in Bengal in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century nirban basu 538 12. Labouring Women: Trajectories of Marginalization samita sen 578 13. Composite Society of Rural Bengal: Muslims and their Agency ranjit kumar bhattacharya 610 14. Woman and Gender Relations in Early-Twentieth- Century Bengal: Changes and Continuities in Thought and Politics aparajita sengupta 630 15. Women in Bengal: Emergence of the Muslim Bhadramahila, 1876–1947 sonia nishat amin 664 16. Aspects of the History of Hindi-Speaking People of Early Twentieth-Century Calcutta hitendra k. patel 723 17. Urban Social Structure in South-West Bengal in Early Twentieth Century prasanta ray 751 18. Faces with an Uphill Task of Restoring ‘Order’ and ‘Discipline’: Calcutta Police and the Subject Population in an ‘Alien’ Land, c.1780–1920 rajsekhar basu 805 Contents vii 19. The Evolution of a Muslim Intelligentsia in Bengal: Ideology and Identity tazeen m. murshid 888 20. Conqueror’s Attires and Sartorial Preferences in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Bengal chitta panda 959 21. Ideology and Songs in the Bengali Theatre, 1795–1947 devajit bandyopadhyay 1020 22. Late Colonial Art: The Bengal School and Santiniketan r. siva kumar 1045 23. The Partition and its Aftermath: Bengal’s Communal Challenge, 1940–1947 suranjan das 1073 Brief Bibliographic References on Bengal History, 1967–2017 amiya kumar baul 1129 Editor and Contributors 1163 Index 1169 List of Illustrations plates 20.1 Lord Curzon 968 20.2 Developing the resources of the country 969 20.3 Monkeys were dancing with the tune played by the snake charmers 970 20.4 Bangali Babu, c.1870–1890 978 20.5 A Woman leading her lover as a sheep, c.1860–70 978 20.6 Hybrid Bengalensis 980 20.7 The sorrow of King Dasaratha 980 20.8 In the sweat of my brow, I try to be mistaken as sahib, but that man called me babu, 1915–60 981 20.9 State Funeral of H.H. Old Bengal 982 20.10 Modern Patriot 983 20.11 The First Flight from London to Paris, caricature of Rabindranath, c.1921 984 20.12 Vivekananda at Belgaon, October 1892 987 20.13 Vivekananda at Chicago, September 1893 989 20.14 Vivekananda at Chicago, September 1893 990 20.15 Vivekananda at Chicago, September 1893 990 20.16 The famous Chicago pose of Vivekananda, September 1893 991 20.17 Swami Vivekananda—The Hindoo Monk of India 991 20.18 Jehangir beholds a portrait of Akbar by Hashim and Abul Hasan 992 20.19 Swami Vivekananda at London, December 1896 993 20.20 Swamiji left for his tour abroad on 20 June 1899 994
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