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Chapter 9 - Towards Partition

from Part II - Colonial Encounters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2021

Willem van Schendel
Affiliation:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
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The closing decades of British colonial rule were tumultuous. Communists supported rural rebellions throughout the Bengal delta, and communal politics produced the idea of a post-colonial homeland for Muslims: Pakistan. As the colonial endgame drew to a close, it became clear that the Muslim-majority Bengal delta would be separated from the Muslim-minority parts of Bengal to the west.

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Print publication year: 2020

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  • Towards Partition
  • Willem van Schendel, Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • Book: A History of Bangladesh
  • Online publication: 17 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108684644.011
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  • Towards Partition
  • Willem van Schendel, Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • Book: A History of Bangladesh
  • Online publication: 17 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108684644.011
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  • Towards Partition
  • Willem van Schendel, Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • Book: A History of Bangladesh
  • Online publication: 17 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108684644.011
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