BENGAL ELECTORAL POLITICS AND FREEDOM STRUGGLE 1862-1947

Book Details

• Author: GAUTAM CHATTOPADHYAYA

• Edition: JAN 1984

• Multiple Book Set: No

About the Book
In this scholarly work, Gautam Chattopadhyaya undertakes a detailed study of the role of the legislature in Bengal in relation to India’s struggle for freedom. The project was initiated at the request of Professor R. S. Sharma, then Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research, in early 1973. Although it required the author to temporarily step away from his primary area of research—the impact of the communist movement on Bengal’s freedom struggle—he accepted the task due to its intellectual challenge and the relative lack of prior work in this field. The book explores how legislative institutions in Bengal functioned during the colonial period and examines their relationship with the broader national movement for independence. By addressing a largely neglected area of historical research, the work makes an important contribution to the understanding of Bengal’s political history and India’s freedom movement.