Nil durpan
Subtitle: or, The indigo planting mirror.
By: Translated from the Bengali by a native. Edited with an introd. by Sankar Sen Gupta.
Contributors: Sen Gupta, Sankar, ed.
Series: Masterpiece of Bengali literature,; 1
Publisher: Indian Publications
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Calcutta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Includes a reproduction of the original t.p.: Nil durpan; or, The indigo planting mirror; a drama. Translated from the Bengali by a native. Calcutta, C.H. Manuel, Calcutta Print. & Pub. Press, 1861.
"To commemorate the completion of one hundred years of Bengali stage (1872-1972) this celebrated drama of Dinabandhu is reprinted."
Appendices (p. [103]-216): 1. Trial of the Rev. James Long of the Church Missionary Society for libel, dated Calcutta Supreme Court, 19, 20 & 24 July, 1861.--2. Fifty years ago: the woes of a class of Bengal peasantry under European indigo planters, by H.C. Chakladar.--3. Songs on indigo disturbances.--4. A few native words of the drama with their English translation.