Chhanda Chatterjee
Biographic Data
| ID | 4492048 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chhanda Chatterjee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chhanda |
| FAMILY NAME | Chatterjee |
| SIGNATURE | CHATTERJEE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Professor of History, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rabindranath Tagore and His Interpretation of the Main Course of Indian History
After a careful study of India’s past, Tagore was convinced that the carving out of great empires through bloodshed and conquest had not formed the real trend of India’s history. Rather the focus of his country had rested on a moral conquest by her of those who had come as invaders thereby making them one of her own. This gave him profound insight into Hindu–Muslim relations in Bengal
Imagining the Nation: Rabindranath Tagore and His Quest for Creating a Past
The spread of Western education in Bengal in the wake of British conquest of the province made the province’s literati painfully aware of the contempt with which the new rulers treated them. British portrayal of India as a subjugated country passing from its Muslim conquerors to the British hurt their pride. Their ancient religion came under attack from Christian missionaries for its bigotries and social superstitions. This produced a strong reac…
The Sikh Minority and the Partition of the Punjab 1920-1947
While British statesmen from Cripps to Attlee - all burnt gallons of midnight oil thinking of an acceptable settlement of the Hindu-Muslim impasse, no one paid much attention to the pathetic quest of Sikh leaders since 1940 to work out an acceptable formula for readjusting the borders of the Punjab to accommodate the birthplace of the Gurus or the canal colonies, worked through long years of Sikh toil. This book traces the history of Sikhs in Ind…
Sikh Minority and the Partition of the Punjab 1920-1947
Some Aspects of the Bengal Partition
War for Independence: The Khalsa against the Company Raj, 1845–46 and 1848–49
The article tries to argue that in 1845–46 and again in 1848–49 Punjab manifested the same kind of patriotic feeling and nationalist ardour irrespective of all considerations of race or religion in trying to resist the progress of British imperialism which had been expressed by the fauj-i-Hindustani in northern and central India twelve years later in 1857–58. The Khalsa may thus be said to have played a pioneering role in India’s war for independ…
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War for Independence: The Khalsa against the Company Raj, 1845–46 and 1848–49
The article tries to argue that in 1845–46 and again in 1848–49 Punjab manifested the same kind of patriotic feeling and nationalist ardour irrespective of all considerations of race or religion in trying to resist the progress of British imperialism which had been expressed by the fauj-i-Hindustani in northern and central India twelve years later in 1857–58. The Khalsa may thus be said to have played a pioneering role in India’s war for independ…
Some Aspects of the Bengal Partition
The Sikh Minority and the Partition of the Punjab 1920-1947
While British statesmen from Cripps to Attlee - all burnt gallons of midnight oil thinking of an acceptable settlement of the Hindu-Muslim impasse, no one paid much attention to the pathetic quest of Sikh leaders since 1940 to work out an acceptable formula for readjusting the borders of the Punjab to accommodate the birthplace of the Gurus or the canal colonies, worked through long years of Sikh toil. This book traces the history of Sikhs in Ind…
Sikh Minority and the Partition of the Punjab 1920-1947
Imagining the Nation: Rabindranath Tagore and His Quest for Creating a Past
The spread of Western education in Bengal in the wake of British conquest of the province made the province’s literati painfully aware of the contempt with which the new rulers treated them. British portrayal of India as a subjugated country passing from its Muslim conquerors to the British hurt their pride. Their ancient religion came under attack from Christian missionaries for its bigotries and social superstitions. This produced a strong reac…
Rabindranath Tagore and His Interpretation of the Main Course of Indian History
After a careful study of India’s past, Tagore was convinced that the carving out of great empires through bloodshed and conquest had not formed the real trend of India’s history. Rather the focus of his country had rested on a moral conquest by her of those who had come as invaders thereby making them one of her own. This gave him profound insight into Hindu–Muslim relations in Bengal
South Asian Studies and Conflicts (4 works) · History (3 works) · Indian History and Philosophy (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · South Asian Studies and Diaspora (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · BENGAL (2 works) · Combinatorics (2 works)