The History of Bengal
Title | The History of Bengal PDF eBook |
Author | Ramesh Chandra Majumdar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 552 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Bengal (India) |
ISBN |
The History of Bengal, 1757-1905
Title | The History of Bengal, 1757-1905 PDF eBook |
Author | Narendra Krishna Sinha |
Publisher | |
Pages | 660 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Bengal (India) |
ISBN |
The History of Bengal
Title | The History of Bengal PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Stewart |
Publisher | |
Pages | 724 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | Bengal (India) |
ISBN |
Land of Two Rivers
Title | Land of Two Rivers PDF eBook |
Author | Nitish K. Sengupta |
Publisher | Penguin Books India |
Pages | 657 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0143416782 |
Land of Two Rivers chronicles the story of one of the most fascinating and influential regions in the Indian subcontinent. The confluence of two major river systems, Ganga and Brahmaputra, created the delta of Bengal--an ancient land known as a center of trade, learning and the arts from the days of the Mahabharata and through the ancient dynasties. During the medieval era, this eventful journey saw the rise of Muslim dynasties which brought into being a unique culture, quite distinct from that of northern India. The colonial conquest in the eighteenth century opened the modern chapter of Bengal's history and transformed the social and economic structure of the region. Nitish Sengupta traces the formation of Bengali identity through the Bengal Renaissance, the growth of nationalist politics and the complex web of events that eventually led to the partition of the region in 1947, analyzing why, despite centuries of shared history and culture, the Bengalis finally divided along communal lines. The struggle of East Pakistan to free itself from West Pakistan's dominance is vividly described, documenting the economic exploitation and cultural oppression of the Bengali people. Ultimately, under the leadership of Bangabandhu Mujibur Rahman, East Pakistan became the independent nation of Bangladesh in 1971. Land of Two Rivers is a scholarly yet extremely accessible account of the development of Bengal, sketching the eventful and turbulent history of this ancient civilization, rich in scope as well as in influence.
Outline of the History of Bengal
Title | Outline of the History of Bengal PDF eBook |
Author | John Clark Marshman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 1868 |
Genre | Bengal (India) |
ISBN |
Hungry Bengal
Title | Hungry Bengal PDF eBook |
Author | Janam Mukherjee |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0190209887 |
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 colonial Bengal.
The Political History of Muslim Bengal
Title | The Political History of Muslim Bengal PDF eBook |
Author | Mahmudur Rahman |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 2018-10-29 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1527520617 |
Bangladesh, the eastern half of earth’s largest delta, Bengal, is today an independent country of 163 million people. Among the 98% ethnic Bengali population, above 90 percent practice Islam. Surprisingly, Buddhism was the predominant religion of the region until the beginning of the 2nd millennium. In the midst of a long and fierce Brahman-Buddhist conflict, political Islam arrived in Bengal in the very early 13th century. Against the background of the above history, this book tells the story of successive religious and political transformations, touching upon the sensitive subject of Bengali Muslim identity. Encompassing a period of more than a millennium, it narrates a political history beginning with the independent Muslim Sultanate and closing with the 1971 liberation war of Bangladesh. The book concludes by discussing the present day, here termed “Authoritarian Secularism”.