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Theorizing a Bengali Nation: Abul Hashim and the United Bengal Movement, 1937-1947

Theorizing a Bengali Nation: Abul Hashim and the United Bengal Movement, 1937-1947

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General Political ScienceIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1032233796
ISBN13: 9781032233796
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: Jun 7 2024
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book explores the philosophical and political roots of the United Bengal movement of 1947 that emerged as a final bid to keep the province united against Partition. Through Abul Hashim, one of its architects, it explores the idea of an independent Bengali nation in the years preceding Independence and examines the underlying tensions of the concept of a Muslim-led independent Bangalistaan and its repercussions on a sizeable Hindu minority. Focusing on Hashim's writings and political contributions, this monograph highlights his vision of an aesthetic identity rooted within religious principles as well as civic ideals in a new united Bengal, where common law underwritten through religious ideals did not need to be necessarily opposed to western discourses of a modern state.

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