Bengalis in Burma a colonial encounter (1886-1948) / Parthasarathi Bhaumik.

Contents Prologue -- Historical background of Burma-Bengal cultural relations -- Describing Burma Muluk: Burma in Bangla literary discourses (1886-1937) -- Distrust and riots (1937-1948) -- World War II and Burma: heroism, violence and exodus (1938-48) -- Epilogue.
Abstract "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 (1886-1948). 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Bhaumik, Parthasarathi. Bengalis in Burma New York : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022 9781032148632
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