The spoils of Partition
Subtitle: Bengal and India, 1947-1967
By: Joya Chatterji.
Series: Cambridge studies in Indian history and society -- 15
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780521875363
Subjects: West Bengal (India) -- History; Bengal (India) -- History -- Partition, 1947; India -- History -- Partition, 1947
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-331) and index.
Table of contents: title: The devil in the detail : new borders for a new state; title: Swings and roundabouts : West Bengal and the new India; title: Partition and migration : refugees in West Bengal, 1947-1967; title: Staying on : Partitin and West Bengal's Muslim minorities; title: Political reconstruction and change : Congress government and politics, 1947-1967; title: The revenge of the periphery : the rise of the opposition in West Bengal.