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1. Decolonization in South Asia

   Meanings of Freedom in Post-independence West Bengal, 1947–52

   By Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

   Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian History

   This book explores the meanings and complexities of India’s experience of transition from colonial to the post-colonial period. It focuses on the first five years – from independence on 15th August 1947 to the first general election in January 1952 – in the politics of West Bengal, the new Indian...

   Published May 10th 2012 by Routledge
2. Caste, Protest and Identity in Colonial India

   The Namasudras of Bengal, 1872-1947

   By Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

   Movement by low-caste Hindu groups and their struggles for social and political recognition have been the subject of a number of academic studies in recent years - in anthropology and religious and political studies as well as history. The Namasudras of Bengal, however, represent a particularly...

   Published May 26th 1997 by Routledge