Ressistance Movements in Bengal upto the Liberation War of Bangladesh.

Course outline:
Pakistan and Bangladesh Periods ( Select topics )
1. Definition of Resistance Movement – Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Aspects of the
Resistance Movements of Bengal.
2. Fakir and Sannyasi Movements (1763- 1800 ).
3. Rangpur peasant rebellion (1783).
4. Pagals Movement of of Mymensingh ( 1824 – 1833 ).
5. Faraizi and Wahabi Movements – its background and the expansion
6. Indigo Rebellion ( 1859- 61 )- resistance of the peasants against the Indigo Planters – End
of the Rebellion.
7. Resistance Movement of the Peasants of Pabna against the Zamindars or Landlords (1873)-
Background – Nature of the movement and its ultimate fate.
8. Armed Resistance against the British rulers in the 20th century – Background and the growth
of the Resistance - Nature of Armed Resistance.
9. Chittagong Armoury Raids ( 1930 )- Background – the occurrence – the consequences of the
raid.
10. Tebhaga Movement - Background, expansion and the consequences of the Movement (
1946 – 47).
11. The Resistance Movement of the Peasants of Nachol (Rajshahi) – Background and
Development of the Movement (1949-50).
12. The Liberation War of Bangladesh (1971) – Historical background and major battles of the
War – the Birth of Bangladesh.
Suggested Readings:
Chandra , A. N. , The Sannyasi Rebellion , Calcutta, 1977.
Chaudhury, Sashi Bhusan , Civil Disturbances during the British Rule in India ( 1765-
1857 ), Calcutta,1955.
Ghosh, Jamini Mohan, Sannyasi and Fakir Raiders in Bengal, Calcutta, 1930 .
Glazier, E. G., A Report on the District of Rangpore, Calcutta,
Guha, Ranjit ( ed. ), Subaltern Studies : Writing on South Asian History and Society,
Delhi, 1983.
-----------------------,Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in colonial India, Delhi,
1983.
Hunter , W.W. , A Statistical Account of Bengal, various volumes.
Kabiraj, N., A Peasant Uprising in Bengal, 1783, New Delhi, 1972.
Kling , B. B., The Blue Mutiny, Calcutta, 1977.
Muin-uddin Ahmed Khan, History of the Faraidi Movement in Bengal (1808-1906 ),
Karachi, 1965.
---------------------------------, Muslim Struggle for Freedom in Bengal, Dhaka, 1982.
Pettee, George S, The Process of Revolution, New York, 1938.
Sarkar, Jadu Nath (ed. ), History of Bengal, vol. II., Dhaka.
Schendel, William Van, Madmen of Mymensing: Peasant Resistance and the Colonial
Process in Eastern India, 1824-1833, University of Amsterdam, 1984.
Sen, Sunil, Peasant Struggle in Pabna, vol. II., Calcutta, 1950.
 Peasant Movements in India – Mid Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,
Calcutt, Calcutta, 1982.
-------------, Agrarian Struggle in Bengal, New Delhi, 1972.