Historical Memory Journey
Ila Mitra
Peasant Activist
Her peasant activism in Bengal represented the social unrest and agrarian injustice that framed the years around partition.
Context
Rural Bengal in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Contribution
Her peasant activism in Bengal represented the social unrest and agrarian injustice that framed the years around partition.
Impact
She reminds the timeline that partition-era Bengal was also shaped by class struggle and agrarian rebellion.