1st Edition

Bengalis in Burma A Colonial Encounter (1886–1948)

By Parthasarathi Bhaumik Copyright 2022
182 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

182 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

182 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

Bengalis in Burma  looks at Bengali migrations and settlements in Burma from 1886 until the end of the British rule in Burma in 1948. As a result of British colonial policies, thousands of Bengalis from various classes and places in Bengal migrated to Burma and established Bengali communities in different parts of the country. The book provides a study of a vast body of Bangla writings on... Read more

1. Prologue 2. Historical Background of Burma-Bengal Cultural Relations 3. Describing Burma Mulook: Burma in Bangla Literary Discourses (1886–1937) 4. Distrust and Riots (1937–1948) 5. World War II and Burma: Heroism, Violence and Exodus (1938–48) 6. Epilogue

Biography

Parthasarathi Bhaumik is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He co-edited Memory, Images, Imagination: An Anthology of Bangla and Oriya Writings on Colonial Burma (18861948). He worked with the British Library, UK as a Chevening Fellow, and built a database on ‘Nationalism, Independence, and Partition in South Asia (1900–1950)’. He is presently the Joint Director of the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, and engaged in archiving resources pertaining to the history and cultures of South Asia.