1st Edition

Bengal Muslims and Colonial Education, 1854–1947 A Study of Curriculum, Educational Institutions, and Communal Politics

By Nilanjana Paul Copyright 2022
116 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

116 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

116 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

This book examines the impact of British education policies on the Muslims of Colonial Bengal. It evaluates the student composition and curriculum of various educational institutions for Muslims in Calcutta and Dacca to show how they produced the educated Muslim middle class. The author studies the role of Muslim leaders such as Abdul Latif and Fazlul Huq in the spread of education among Muslims... Read more

List of illustrations

Acknowledgments

Author’s note

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1 Conflict begins

2 Partition politics

3 Period of turmoil

4 Fazlul Huq in power

5 Women’s education

Conclusion

Appendix I

Appendix II

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Nilanjana Paul is Assistant Professor, Department of History, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA.