Bengal and india, 19471967, cambridge university press, cambridge. Joya chatterji, the spoils of partition sage journals. Bengal and india 19471967 find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The book also reveals how the spoils of partition the spoils of partition joya chatterji. Much has been written about the punjab and the creation of. Bengal and india, 19471967 2007 by drawing attention to broader anxieties that shaped the field of political and social contestation in these years. Urban developmentinduced displacement and quality of life. Partitions driven by the intention to maintain or restore the status quo ante, in the concluding words of this authoritative study, seldom. In the process, the author provides a critique of historywriting and nationalist mythmaking. Bengal and india, 19471967 joya chatterji index more information. Joya chatterji is professor of south asian history and fellow of trinity college. Bengal and india, 194767by joya chatterji cambridge university press, 342pp.
Hindu communalism and partition,19321947 was the first work which. Yasmin khans recent publications have also focused on the roles. Introduction in august 1947 the british quit their indian empire, dividing it into two. Vazira fazilayacoobali zamindar, the long partition and. The spoils of partition by joya chatterji book resume. Indian nationalism has often been seen as an exemplar of the nationalisms of colonial subjects struggling to be freebut with one striking difference. Joya chatterji, until recently reader in international history at the. As joya chatterji s book explores, this failure to live up to expectations was precisely the subsequent experience of those who engineered the partitioning of bengal in the period prior to indian independence. In bengal, partition frustrated the plans and purposes of the very groups that had demanded it.
Bengal and india, 194767 by joya chatterji cambridge university press, 342pp. Bengal and india, 19471967, authorjoya chatterji, year2007 joya chatterji. Once completed, the library will be a compilation of all known resources on partition managed by a team of volunteer staff and interns, and kept updated through your contributions. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the spoils of partition. The spoils of partition similarly challenges established views, especially regarding the boundary award process. Like chatterjis spoils of partition and to some extent, yasmin khans the great partition, zamindar examines the effects of policy decisions and everyday state actions for people on the ground. The extent of the violence sounds rather paradoxical. Joya chatterji, london school of economics and political science. Bengal and india, 19471967 joya chatterji, the spoils of partition.
The telegraph calcutta 2018, bypass stalls make hawkers street legal. Joya chatterji university of cambridge cambridge university press cambridge. Specifically, sekhar bandyopadhyay focuses on struggles over the meanings of. Bengal and india, 19471967, cambridge university press, cambridge, 2007, pp. But unlike other works on partition, zamindar radically reconfigures the historical significance of space and time as an element of indian. This quarterly has been published regularly since november 1941, offering asianists a wealth of information unavailable elsewhere. Partitin and west bengals muslim minorities political. The spoils of partition by joya chatterji cambridge university press. Chatterji questions the easy assumption that sir cyril radcliffe determined the whole process. To be clear, however, their work is not the only one or the first to engage with the partition of bengal.
The violence of the partition of india and pakistan, 1946. Joya chatterjis eminently readable and superbly researched book on the. Scholarship on the 1947 division of the indian subcontinent and its aftermath has largely focused on the punjab. There was another massive refugee influx in 1971 during the bangladesh war of liberation. Partitions driven by the intention to maintain or restore the status quo ante, in the concluding words of this authoritative study, seldom achieve their purpose p. He further emphasized that it was a question of life or death for the bengali hindus. The partition of bengal in 1947, part of the partition of india, divided the british indian province of bengal based on the radcliffe line between india and pakistan. Cambridge core history after 1945 general the spoils of partition by joya chatterji. The partition was accompanied by excessive violence, even though the transition of power was peaceful. Joya chatterji, until recently reader in international history at the london school of economics, is. In doing so, it builds usefully on the detailed analysis offered by joya chatterjis the spoils of partition. Bengal and india, 19471967 cambridge studies in indian history and society book 15 kindle edition by joya chatterji. This is an intriguing and challenging work whose findings change our understanding and its consequences for the history of the subcontinent. For 56 years, the journal of asian studies has been recognized as the most authoritative and prestigious publication in the field of asian studies.
Whereas most colonial nationalists sought to break free from and carve national states of their own out of those empires, indian nationalists alone aspired to take over an empire as a whole. Joya chatterji bengal divided hindu communalism and partition, 1932 1947 2002, cambridge university press. The partition of india in 1947 was a seminal event of the twentieth century. This paper is an attempt to explain how the historians craft has been utilised and expanded by the scholars of partition in order to bring us a. As chatterji makes very clear, it is important not to think of partitionrelated migration as confined to the immediate period straddling august 1947. One can count on dr asok mitra to say things that very few dare to say and most do not even notice or perceive. Approximately one million people were killed and twelve million people migrated as a direct result of the partition. Voices from the partition of india chakravartty, gargi. Joya was born in delhi and took her undergraduate degree. Hindustan socialist republican army, and, 266, 277 arbitral tribunal, 22 arya rashtra sangha, 34, 50 assam, 4, 7, 48 attlee, sir clement and the transfer of power in india, 15. Bengal and india, 19471967 joya chatterji excerpt more information. The spoils of partition not only is a meticulously researched study but is written with considerable style, verve, and elegance. No one knows for certain how many refugees came to india from east bengal from 1946 to 1964.
The spoils of partition the partition of india in 1947 was a seminal event of the twentieth century. Hindu communalism and partition the spoils of partition. The great partition download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Gyan pandeys latest book is a compelling examination of the violence that marked the partition of india in 1947, and how the preceding events have been documented. Summary of the impact indicative maximum 100 words the bangla stories website is one of several outcomes of an ambitious, collaborative, interdisciplinary research project on the bengal diaspora, led by dr joya chatterji of the faculty of. Bengal and india, 19471967 the partition of india in 1947 was a seminal event of the twentieth century. The text provides a compelling and authoritative account of the transitions and transformations in west bengal in the early postindependence era. Much has been written about the punjab and the creation of west pakistan. Migrant population and urban management in postpartition calcutta.
Articles in the journal draw on declassified materials and new memoirs to illuminate and raise questions about numerous historical and theoretical concerns. The book also reveals how the spoils of partition, which the congress in bengal had expected from the new boundaries, were squandered over the twenty years which followed. The story of partition from the official and the alternate. The largest number, mostly hindu bengalis, settled in west bengal with districts of 24 parganas, calcutta. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. She specialises in modern south asian history and is the editor of the journal modern asian studies. Whereas previous studies of the end of british rule in india have concentrated on the negotiations of the transfer of power at the allindia level or have considered the emergence of separatist politics amongst indias muslim minorities, this study provides a reevaluation of the history of bengal focusing on the political and social processes that led to the demand for partition in bengal and. Washbrook eds the handbook of the south asian diaspora, london.
For over three decades now, it has analysed trends, recorded changes, even roadmapped the future. The partition library is presently under construction. Bengal and india, 19471967 cambridge studies in indian history and society. Joya chatterji bengal divided hindu communalism and partition. Request pdf on oct 1, 2011, ian talbot and others published joya chatterji, spoils of partition.
The reason for demanding partition now, he explained, was to sustain bengali hindu nationalism, carve out a separate homeland for the bengali hindu people and constitute it as a province within india, and preserve the bengali culture and heritage. The spoils of partition bengal and india, 19471967. Pdf a critique of the ongoing colonial historiography of south. Joya chatterji fba is professor of south asian history and a fellow of trinity college at the university of cambridge. Charting change from the cutting edge of knowledge, pursuing the frontiers of research to everwidening horizons, the social scientist has built a reputation of being an outstanding journal in social sciences and humanities. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This is an intriguing and challenging work whose findings change our understanding and its. Bengal and india 19471967 find, read and cite all the. In the case of bengal, as with other parts of the subcontinent, people continued to migrate for many years thanks to lingering communal uncertainties and. Predominantly hindu west bengal became a state of india, and predominantly muslim east bengal now bangladesh became a province of pakistan on 20 june 1947, the bengal legislative assembly meet to decide the future of the. Partition of bengal 1947 wikipedia republished wiki 2. Bengal and india, 1947 1967 is the most recent publication to study the plight of refugees in west bengal and its approach is groundbreaking, bringing an entirely new light to the study of the lives affected by bengals partition.