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Volume 2, Issue 1

Note from the Executive Editor

Volume 3, issue 1 largely focusses on the historical roots of the national identity of Bangladesh and various reforms that are needed for a new Bangladesh in the aftermath of the July-August movement of 2024. Professor Harunur Rasid in his article narrates the political factors...

Flip-flop on the partition of Bengal: A hegemonic ploy undermined the prospect of an independent Bengal

Introduction The objective of this article is to review the history of Partition of Bengal in 1905, its annulment in 1911, and the final Partition of Bengal in 1947, resulting in the creation of East Bengal (East Pakistan). Using a reductionist approach, we have condensed...

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Note from the Executive Editor

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Introduction The objective of this article is to review the history of Partition of Bengal...

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