The decade of the 1940s was a turbulent one for Bengal. War, famine, riots and partition - Bengal witnessed it all, and the unique experience of each of these f

This book explores the ascent and trajectory of communal ideology in pre-Partition Bengal-from the famine of 1943 to the Noakhali riots of 1946-47. The first ma

An original and compelling account of the Hindu partitionist movement in Bengal.

This examination of the changing pattern of Hindu-Muslim rioting in Bengal provides a much fuller understanding of the phenomenon of communal identity and its p

Examines the interconnected events including World War II, India's struggle for independence, and a period of acute scarcity that lead to mass starvation in col