The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, 1903-1908
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A classic study of the Swadeshi movement, anti-partition politics, nationalist mobilisation, and political culture in Bengal.
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Partition of Bengal
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আমার দেখা রাজনীতির পঞ্চাশ বছর
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Abul Mansur Ahmad's political memoir spans anti-British politics, the Pakistan period, and the emergence of Bangladesh.
The Bengal Muslims, 1871-1906: A Quest for Identity
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A study of early Bengali Muslim identity formation and political-social change in colonial Bengal.
Bengali Muslim Literati and the Development of Muslim Community in Bengal
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A research monograph on Bengali Muslim intellectual growth and community formation under colonial rule.
A History of Bangladesh
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A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.
The Bengal Borderland
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A study of borderlands, partition, and state formation across Bengal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Burma.
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Partition of Bengal
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A Bengal-centered reference on the origins, implementation, and political consequences of the 1905 partition.
Partition of Bengal
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A concise overview of the 1905 partition, its rationale, and its reversal within wider British Indian politics.
Swadeshi Movement
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A reference entry on boycott, indigenous production, and protest culture in the anti-partition movement.
Swadeshi movement
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A concise overview of the anti-partition boycott and nationalist mobilization associated with Swadeshi politics.
Different Nationalisms: Bengal, 1905-1947
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A major study of competing Bengali Hindu and Muslim nationalisms across the partition, Swadeshi, and late-colonial periods.
Nawab Family of Dhaka
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Background on the Dhaka Nawab family and its political influence in the years around the 1905 partition.
Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
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Foundational South Asian Islamic reformer whose works such as Hujjat Allah al-Baligha, Al-Fawz al-Kabir fi Usul al-Tafsir, and Izalat al-Khafa 'an Khilafat al-Khulafa shaped later Muslim political and reformist thought.
Syed Ahmad Khan
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Sir Syed's writings and reformist program, including Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind and Athar-us-Sanadid, are key to understanding Muslim modernism, education reform, and colonial-era political consciousness.
Syed Ameer Ali
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His major books, including The Spirit of Islam and A Short History of the Saracens, helped shape modern Muslim historical consciousness in Bengal and beyond.
Nawab Abdul Latif
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A core figure in Bengali Muslim educational modernization; useful background for Nawab Bahadur Abdul Latif: His Writings & Related Documents and the Mohammedan Literary Society.
Begum Rokeya
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Her reformist writings and feminist imagination, including Matichur, Sultana's Dream, Stri Shikkha, Turoshko Bhromon, and Oborodhbashini, are central to Bengali Muslim modernity.
Partition Politics
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A Bengal-centered reference entry on the politics, contradictions, and communal dynamics that produced partition.