Battle of Rajmahal
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Reference summary of the 12 July 1576 battle and the defeat of Daud Khan Karrani.
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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.
Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and Partition, 1932-1947
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A core academic reference for understanding Bengal politics, Hindu communalism, and the road to partition from 1932 to 1947.
Bengal Legislative Election, 1937
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Contextual reference on the 1937 provincial election and coalition outcomes in Bengal under the 1935 constitutional framework.
Bengal Muslims and Colonial Education, 1854-1947
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A study of colonial education, Muslim middle-class formation, and the politics of separatism in Bengal.
Bengal Sultanate
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Reference overview for chronology, political unification, sovereign status, coinage networks, and institutional profile of the Bengal Sultanate.
Blood on the Streets: The Use of Excessive Force during Bangladesh Protests
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Rights-focused source on security-force response during the 2013 protests around the ICT verdict and subsequent mobilisations.
BNP: In Time and Out of Time
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A useful source on the rise of the BNP, post-1975 politics, and later political continuity.
Calcutta Riot, 1946
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A focused reference on the Calcutta killings that followed Direct Action Day and their impact on Hindu-Muslim relations.
Chowdhury, Munier
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Useful for understanding the literary and intellectual afterlife of the language movement through “Kabar” and later cultural resistance.
Communist Party of Bangladesh
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Shows the organized left's role in the anti-Ershad movement and the democratic coalition.
Constitution
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A Bangladesh-centered reference on the adoption, structure, principles, and later amendment history of the 1972 Constitution.
Constitutional Development
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A detailed account of the Constituent Assembly, drafting committee, and adoption process behind the 1972 Constitution.
Cornwallis Code
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Concise overview of the 1793 regulations that codified the Bengal system, including the permanent revenue settlement and the administrative order around it.
Creating Panic: Bangladesh Election Crackdown
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Detailed HRW report on the election-period crackdown, arbitrary arrest, fear environment, and shrinking political competition.
Creating Panic: Bangladesh Election Crackdown on Political Opponents and Critics
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Human Rights Watch report covering the pre-election crackdown, and situating the 2018 quota and road-safety protests within a broader pattern of repression.
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.
Digital Security Act 2018 and the Draft Cyber Security Act 2023
Transparency International Bangladesh
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Civil-society analysis of the DSA’s use, criticism, and the later Cyber Security Act debate.
Direct Action Day
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A Bengal-centered reference on the 16 August 1946 hartal, the Calcutta violence, and its role in making partition more likely.
Direct Action Day
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A concise overview of the 16 August 1946 protests, the Calcutta riots, and the event's wider significance in partition-era politics.