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INDIGO PLANTATION IN BENGAL

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 10:24:13 +0000

Richly detailed, impeccably researched and thoroughly complelling, this is an engrossing and provocative history of indigo plantation in bengal.

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In Search of Siraj’s Son and Descendants

admin — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 07:22:49 +0000

Some key facts related to the Battle of Plassey (1757) were believed to be missing. A reputed Professor of History started looking for them almost half a century ago. He meticulously examined all the available sources including books and journals published from India and England. Even the contemporary records preserved by the Government of India were of no help.

Undeterred, he went on hunting for them in the family records of the 18th Century. From the plethora of moth eaten papers, he finally selected and then short listed only those that recorded the adoption of male heirs by Zamindar families in or after 1757.

Some crucial information, meanwhile was traced back in a book called Mymensingher Itihas (The History of Mymensingh). Following the trail the Professor unearthed a truth of groundbreaking significance.

Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah, the last sovereign ruler of Bengal (and the first adversary to the growth of the British Empire) did not die without leaving behind a male heir. The ensuing history and its tricky turns would outshine even the best in the genre of conspiracy fiction. Professor Amalendu De, former President of Asiatic Society, not only ‘discovered’ Siraj’s son, hitherto unmentioned in the received history of our country and the commonwealth, but actually went on to prove that the Nawab’s descendants exist and are very much living even today.

This slender volume is the harvest reaped from Professor De’s tireless research spanning over fifty years. Originally published in Bengali in 2012, it won critical acclaim and awards apart from some erudite though violently irreverent remonstrations as well.

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COMMUNIAL RIOTS IN BANGLADESH & WEST BENGAL

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 00:38:40 +0000

Chiseled and incisive, this book provides interpretive accounts of major riots involving Hindus and Muslims in Bangladesh and West Bengal during and after the Partition of India: 1946, 1950 and 1964. Drawing on the extensive research into contemporary accounts and documents to chronicle these devastating riots, it identifies the key incidents, individuals, organizations, and trends associated with these purposeful bloodlettings and responses to them. Showing how and why the rule of law quickly eroded, Dr. Biswas shines his lights on mob violence and religious fundamentalism that ran amok. Equally important, the book shows how different human agencies of peace started operations to restore sanity within the society gripped in violence.

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