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Abducted women 70–73, 87–89, 94, 105 Assam 2–3, 122, 150, 160, 180, 182, 185, Agamben, Giorgio 221, 246 188–93, 196–97, 214–16, 240, 242 agomoni 148 Asom Jatiya Mahasabha 193 Agunpakhi 223, 225 Azad 199

Agrarian movements 16, 75–76, 234, Babughat 121 236–37 Bagerhat 158 Ahmed, Muzzaffar 83–84 Bandopadhyay, Ateen 19–21, 74, 93, 95, Akhyan 144, 146 102, 115 Alamer Nijer Baari 204 Bandopadhyay, Bibhutibhushan 29, 124, Ali, Agha Shahid 220 223–24 All India Congress Party 36–37, 40, 48–50, Bandopadhyay, Hiranmoy 30, 122, 149–51 73, 76, 86, 119, 125, 133, 137, 176 Bandopadhyay, Manik 17, 18, 34, 42, 44– All India Women’s Conference (AIWC) 70, 46, 48–51, 57–58, 60, 66–67, 154, 208 72, 74, 86–87, 92, 112–13, 120 Bandopadhyay, Shekhar 64, 66 Amin, Shahid 29 Bandopadhyay, Sibaji 215, 217–19 Anandamath 13, 208, 210 Bandopadhyay, Tarashankar 10–11, 17, 33, 57–58, 60–61, 63, 67, 116, 208 Anderson, Benedict 71, 220 Banerjee, Himani 187, 246 Anyo Gharey Anyo Swar 205 Banerjee, Paula 34, 248 Andul 121 Banerjee, Suresh Chandra 37 Ansars 158, 190–91 Bangla fiction 2, 60, 93, 117, 131, 165, Anti ‘Tonko’ movement 191 170, 194–95 Amrita Bazar Patrika 122, 158–60, 162, 190 Bangla literature 1, 14, 188 Ananda Bazar Patrika 181, 186 Bangla novel 11, 13, 57, 75, 146–47, 179 Aro Duti Mrityu 202, 217 Bangla partition fiction 3, 12, 18, 157, 168, Aronyak 224 226, 247 Arjun 16, 19, 142–45, 155 Bangladesh War of 1971 208, 246

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Bansberia 121 Bose, Nirmal Kumar 8, 82, 111 Barak Valley 189–94, 196 Bose, Pradip 30, 108, 149, 182–83 Barasat 121 Borderlands 3, 5, 25, 241, 244 Barisal 76, 78, 109, 120, 122, 126, 131, Brahmaputra valley 189, 191, 193 147, 158, 235, 237 British government 39 Bargadaar 230, 233 British India 6, 12, 37, 188 Barthes, Roland 58, 67 Butalia, Urvashi 4, 31, 214, 248 Barujibi 121 Basu, Pratibha 20, 75, 93, 106 Cabinet Mission 40, 52 Bengal Provincial Hindu Students’ Cabinet Proposals 40 Federation 40 Cachar 189, 191–94 Bengal Secondary Education Bill 39 Cachar District Refugee Association 192 Bengal’s partition literature 2, 25 Calcutta Basic Development Plan 123 Bengali sub-nationalism 189 Calcutta riot 36, 38–39, 42, 44–45, 51, 57, Benjamin, Walter 1, 6, 11, 32–34, 188, 72, 77, 117 214, 218, 249 Census Operations 76, 159 Bhabani Pathak 209–13 Central Social Welfare Board 120, 183 Bhadrakali 121 Certeau de, Michel 1, 28, 35, 44, 195 Bhalla, Alok 32, 115–16 Chaitanya period 193 Bhasa Dibosh, 19 May 194 Chakmas 189–91 Bhasa Dibosh, 21 February 194 Chakrabarty, Dipesh 95, 109, 115, 154, Bhasin, Kamla 4 179 , 187 Bhattacharya, Sunanda 196, 216–17 Chakraborty, Prafulla Kumar 119 Bhattacharya, Swapna 196, 216 Chakravartty, Renu 8, 74, 85–86, 92 Bhowmick, Moushumi 23, 34 Chandmari 121 Bhumi O Kusum 223, 240, 242–44 Chandpur 77, 80, 86, 158 Bihar 37, 49, 71, 77, 91, 122, 160–61, Chatterjee, Partha 30, 33, 66, 110, 153 170, 188, 190, 222 Chatterji, Joya 4, 30–31, 148, 180–81, Bihari Muslims 222 194, 214, 247 Bijoygarh Colony 125–26 Chattopadhyay, Bankimchandra 12–15, Bilgrami, Akeel 109, 111 106, 208, 224 Bishadbrikhyo 223, 235–36 chhitmohol 26, 240, 242–45 Bokultala P.L. Camp 22, 166, 170, 185 Chittagong Hill Tracts 180, 190–92 Bongaon 122, 143, 158 Colony, squatter 118, 120–23, 127, 137–38 Bose, Buddhadev 93, 99, 111, 116, 124, 153–54 Communal relations in Calcutta 39

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Communal violence 8, 31, 39, 44, 65, 70, Displacement 3, 7, 20, 31, 35, 73, 96, 115, 72, 80, 93, 111, 115 117, 126, 128–31, 133, 138, 142, 152, Colony 20, 117–18, 121, 123, 125–26, 154–55, 159, 164–65, 168, 181, 185, 128–30, 132–48, 169, 192 207, 222–23, 226, 241 Communal relations 9, 39, 57, 73, 116 District Gazetteer for Noakhali and Tippera 75 110 Communal riots 43, 57, 120, 122, 181, 189, 205 Division of Punjab 1 Communist Party of India 15, 17, 22, 45, Dohogram 242, 244–45, 249 72, 74, 84–86, 123, 129, 132, 134, 137–38, 177 East Bengal Evacuees (Administration of Communist Party of India (Marxist) 22, 177 Property) Act 158 Communists in Indian Women’s East Bengal Minority Committee 158 Movements 74 East Bengal refugees 158, 160 Constituent Assembly 40 East Bengal Relief Committee 160, 192 Coopers Camp 120, 187 East Pakistan 3–4, 17–18, 21, 27, 93, 117– 18, 120–22, 132–33, 142, 157–58, 161–62, 189–93, 198–01, 204, 222, Dandakaranya 20, 22, 28, 120, 157, 226, 229–30, 235–37, 241–42, 245 161–64, 166–70, 173–75, 177, 179 East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) 191 Dandakaranya Development Authority 162, 174, 183 Ekti Tulshi Gacher Kahini 202, 217 Darshana 122, 158 Elias, Akhtaruzzaman 21, 22, 29, 203, 205, 207, 217–19 Das, Jibanananda 223 Epar Ganga Opar Ganga 70 Das, Suranjan 64–65 Epic 9–11, 17, 20, 28, 33, 55, 66, 83, Das, Veena 31, 32, 137, 155, 246 96–97, 132–33, 141, 143–44, 145–47, Dasgupta, Rajarshi 34, 115–16, 247 155, 166, 186, 194–95, 207, 212–13, Datta, P.K. 33, 110, 115–16 217 Dayamoyeer Katha 223, 230 Evacuee Properties Act 117 Devi, Ashapurna 18, 42, 44, 51–56, 66–67 Debi, Jyoti 73 Fakir-Sannyasi rebellion 209–10, 212–13 Devi, Jyotirmoyee 70 Feminist 4, 69–70, 73, 105 Dharmanagar 191, 196 Feminist narrative 69 Dhubulia, camp 120, 169 Fiction 2–3, 6, 10–12, 18–20, 22, 24, 29, 44, 46, 60, 93, 99, 102, 117–18, 129, Didur, Jill 26, 109, 115, 116 131, 146, 148, 157, 165–66, 168, Dinajpur 190, 208 170, 178–79, 188–89, 194–95, 198, Direct Action Day 38–42, 45 206–07, 221, 224–26

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Forced conversions 71, 79 Huq, Hasan Azizul 22, 200–02, 217, 223, Fort William College 12 225, 247

Gandhi, M.K. 8, 10, 17, 22, 61, 69–70, India’s borderlands 3 72–74, 77–91, 93, 109–115, 123, 178 Indian Border Security Force 243 Gandhian sewa 73 Indian National Congress 73, 137 Garo Hill district 190 Indian National Trade Union Congress 37 Garos 190 Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) Geertz, Clifford 5, 32 15–16, 34, 65–66 Ghatak, Ritwik 23–24, 27, 139–40, 148, Indian Red Cross 86 223 Indo-Bangladesh border 221, 241 Ghosh, Amitav 36, Inter-Dominion Conference 157–58 Ghosh, Jugal Chandra 37 itihasa 144 Ghosh, Pothik 218–19 Ghusuri 121 Jaaware, Aniket 23, 33–34, 156 Government of India Act 39 Jalal, Ayesha 66, 97, 109 Government of West Bengal 119, 124 Jalpaiguri 34, 180, 190 Guha, Ranajit 24, 27, 34, 115 Jameson, Fredrick 66–67 Gupta, Ashoka 8, 69–70, 72–74, 77, 80, Jessore 34, 109, 114, 185, 190 85–86, 88–92, 120 Jiri Frontier Tract 191 Gupta, Saibal Kumar 70, 72, 162 Jotedar 166, 209 Jugantar 151, 181–83 Habermas, J. 15, 134, 154 Hailakandi 191–92, 196 Kallol 14 Hajongs 189–91 Karimganj 191–92, 196 Hasan, Mushirul 4, 31–32, 83, 109–10, Kemal, Soofia 8, 154 112, 185 Keyapatar Nouka 75, 102 Hashim, Syed Nazimuddin 65 Khancha 202, 217 Hindu Mahasabha 37, 40, 76, 137 Hindu refugees 2–3, 19–20, 117–18, 189, Khanna, Meher Chand 160 201 Khowabnama 21, 207–08, 210–13 Hindustan Standard 77, 158, 190 Khulna 158–59 Homo marginal 221 Kirtan 207 Homo sacer 221 Kisan Sabha 84, 112, 218 Hossain, Rokeya Sakhawat 13 Kolkatar Danga O Ami 57–58, 60, 67 Hossain, Selina 22, 29, 223, 240, 242 Komolgandhar 66

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Krishnachura Utsab 216 Mittirbari 18, 42, 51–56, 66 Kudaisya, Gyanesh 30–31, 65, 180, Mizoram 190 184–86, 214 Mohalla Sardars 40 Kurmi 190 Mohammadi 199 Mondol, Jogen 222 Lahiri, Abani 8, 84, 112, 218 Mookerjee, S.P. 8, 35, 64–66, 149, 215 Land Boundary Agreement 242 Mufti, Aamir R. 16, 50, 66, 116, 146, 153, Lukaćs, G. 26, 34, 96, 141, 155, 249 155, 194, 216 Mukherjee, Gopal ‘Pantha’ 36–37 Mahabharata 10, 143–44, 155, 208, 233 Mukhopadhyay, Bhudeb 12 Mahe Nau 34, 199–200 Mukhopadhyay, Subhash 153, 157, 180, Mahila Atmaraksha Samity (MARS) 72–74, 186 129 Mukti Bahini 222 Majumdar, Amiyabhushan 19–20, 166, 168, 185, 208 Municipal dispute of 1935 39 Malkangiri 161, 173, 179 Muslim League 8, 21–22, 36–38, 40–41, 76–77, 83–84, 86, 97, 100, 192, 208, Mana refugee camp 162, 173, 174, 183 212 Manipur 190–91, 214 Muslim National Guard Convention 40 Mansergh, Nicholas 7, 32 Muslim subjectivities 2, 9 Manto, Sa’adat Hasan 55, 67, 143, 185, 198, 207 Muslim workers 40, 49 Marichjhapi 20, 22, 29, 157, 164, 166, Muslims of Calcutta 39 173, 176–78, 180 Muzaffarnagar riots 2 Marxist influences on Bengali literature Mymensingh 34, 76, 109, 158, 190–92 14–15, 21, 45–46, 50, 134, 185 Meghalaya 190, 240, 242 Nadia 117, 190 Meghe Dhaka Tara 20, 66 Namasudra 3, 22, 75, 87, 91, 99, 159, 166, Meghna valley 192 177–80, 212, 222, 238 Menon, Ritu 4, 31, 109, 182, 184 Nandy, Ashis 32, 67, 102, 104, 108, 114, Migration 1–3, 31, 119–21, 144, 151, 116, 126, 148, 152–53, 155 157, 164–65, 181, 185, 189–92, 211, Nankars 191, 215 214–15, 222, 224, 241, 245, 247 Narayangunj 138, 158, 206 Minority 3, 41, 66, 80, 89, 116, 118, 153, 157–58, 181, 193–94, 203, 221, National Muslim Parliament 40 223–28, 230, 235, 237, 246 Naxal Movement 18, 22, 178, 204 Minority Boards 157 Nazimuddin, Khwaja 40 Mitra, Ashok 130, 153 Nazrul, Kazi 14–17, 33, 199

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Neelkontho Pakhir Khojey 19, 21, 74, 96, Partition of 1947 3, 5, 16, 93 102 Partition of Bengal 1, 21, 28, 76, 127, 188, Nehru, Jawaharlal 8, 40, 50, 64, 76, 112, 227 158–60, 190 Partition’s afterlife 3, 188, 191 Nehru-Liaquat Pact 159, 190 Pastoral 96, 126, 228–32, 234 Nirbaash 166, 168, 185 Pirzada, Syed Shafiruddin 8, 32 Noakhali 2, 34, 39, 42, 45, 49, 68–80, Postcolonial nation 2, 22, 56, 70, 101, 145, 82–86, 89–95, 99, 108–116, 150, 159, 179, 225 189 Poundra-Kshatriyas 159, 183 Noakhali District Gazetteer 75, 110 Prantik Manob 30, 119, 149 Noakhalir Durjoger Diney 69, 73, 90 Progressive Writers Association (PWA) 10, Noakhali riots 2, 72–73, 77, 93, 113, 150, 15–17, 33, 50, 66 159 Public and Judicial Department papers 39, 64 Optees 193, 200 Public and Judicial Department 39, 64 Ora Ajo Udvastu 166, 168–70, 185 Punjab Partition 188

Pakistan 3–4, 16–18, 21, 26–27, 31–32, Radcliff Line 190 34, 36, 40, 51, 67, 76, 81, 93, 95, 97, Rajbongshi 189–90 99–101, 109, 111, 117–18, 120–22, Rajshahi 158, 190–91 132–33, 139, 142–43, 150, 157, 158–59, 161–62, 181–85, 189–93, Ramayana 186, 233 198–201, 204, 207–08, 211–15, Rangpur 158, 190, 192, 240 217–18, 220, 222, 223, 225–26, Ray, Manas 149, 152, 154 229–30, 235–38, 240–48 Ray, Renuka 8, 80, 86, 92, 112, 116, 120, Pakistan Army 222 149, 152–53, 159, 161, 181, 183–84 Pakistan Government 158, 190, 201 Raychaudhuri, Tapan 65 Pal, Madhumay 180, 186 Recovered women 101 Palit, Dibyendu 203–04, 217–18 Refugee 2–5, 9, 18–20, 22, 26, 77, 88, Pandey, Jhumur 196, 216 96, 102, 117–48, 157–80, 189–94, 196–97, 200–01, 211, 221, 233, 238 Partition of Bengal, 1947 1, 21, 28, 139, 188, 227 Refugee rehabilitation 114, 118, 124, 144, 150–52, 157, 160–61, 170, 176, 178, Partition of India, 1947 7, 31–32, 109, 114, 181–83, 214 143, 164, 182, 184, 227 Rehabilitation 1–3, 19, 22, 86, 88, 91, 112, Partition Tapes 64–65, 110, 114 114, 116, 118–24, 127, 130, 144, Partition violence 3, 185 149–52, 157, 159–66, 168–70, Partition/Northeast of India 3, 21, 25–26, 173–76, 178–79, 181–86, 192–200, 188, 191 214

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Rehman, Hasan Hafizur 202, 217 Sundarban 29 Relief and rehabilitation 3, 86, 91, 114, Sur, Malini 246, 248 119–20, 122, 150–52, 159–60, 184, Surma Valley 192, 216 186 Swadhinatar Swad 17, 42, 45, 66 Ricouer, Paul 9, 11, 33 Sylhet 158, 180, 185, 189–93, 196, 214–16 Roy, Bidhan Chandra 120 Sylhet Referendum 193, 215 Roy, Prafulla 19–21, 74, 102–03 Rupashree Palli 121 Tagore, Rabindranath 13–16, 142, 199, 223 Saha, Meghnad 8, 124, 160, 192 Talbot, Phillips 41–42, 65, 79, 109–11 Said, Edward 220 Teen Bigha corridor 244 Samaddar, Ranabir 7, 26, 30, 32, 35, 93, Tehbhaga Andolon 21–22, 189, 207–09, 108–09, 113–14 211–13 Santhals 159, 190–91 Tharu, Susie 109 Sanyal, Narayan 19–20, 22, 166, 170, 178, The Hindu112, 249 185 The Hindustan Standard77, 111, 158, 185, Sarkar, Bidhubhusan 37 190 Sarkar, Sumit 32, 64, 111–12, 154, 180 The Indian Express214 Sarkar, Tanika 33, 108 The Statesman190 Schendel, Willem van 30, 181, 214–15, Tippera 74–75, 84, 89, 158 241, 247–48 Titagarh 121–22 Sealdah station 59, 119, 123, 143–44, 158 Tripura 3, 122, 150, 188–94, 196, 240, Sen, Manikuntala 8, 86, 92, 109, 113, 184 242 Seng-krak 190 Shamudro Hridoy 20, 75, 106 United Central Refugee Council 123, 135, Shara Bangla Bastuhara Samiti 161 161, 177 Shikdar, Sunanda 223, 230 upakhyan 13, 110, 146 Shikorheen Manush 168 Uttar Pradesh 190 Shonar Bangla 206 Shonibarer Chithi 14, 33 Vernacular Literature Society 12 Sowgat 199 Violence 1–4, 6–10, 17, 22, 26, 28, 31–33, 35–36, 38–39, 43–47, 50, 54–59, 61, Squatter colonies 118, 120–23, 127, 63–65, 69–74, 76–77, 79–82, 87–88, 137–38 91, 93–94, 96, 102, 106, 108, 110–11, State Welfare Board 70 114–15, 142, 164, 178, 180, 185, Sthaney O Staney 57–58, 67 188–89, 203, 215, 222, 226, 241, 243 Suhrawardy, H. S. 40 Violence in Bengal 3

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Virilio, Paul 249 West Bengal Government 124, 153, 160, Volunteer Corps 39, 84, 89 181 Williams, Raymond 67 Wadud, Kazi Abdul 223 Women activists 71 Waliullah, Syed 210, 217 Writings on Noakhali 71