‘The Sinn Féin of India’
The Reception of Irish Revolutionary Nationalism in Bengal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23709889 |
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| Authors | Michael Silvestri (Clemson University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Pages | 46-75 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Ireland and India (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780230246812_3 |
| OpenAlex | W2491296204 |
| ISBN | 9780230246812 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
On the evening of 18 April 1930, colonial officials in the province of Bengal in eastern India were startled to hear reports of an armed uprising in the port town of Chittagong. Over 60 young Bengali Hindu men, armed and dressed in military-style khaki uniforms, had carried out an attack on government installations there. They attacked and burned the local Police and Auxiliary Force armories, seized weapons and destroyed the local telegraph office. For several hours, until they retreated into the hills surrounding the town, the Bengali revolutionaries controlled Chittagong. Intelligence reports acknowledged the ‘careful organization and daring’ of the raiders, as well as the fact that their ‘coup’ was ‘unprecedented in the annals of terrorist crime in Bengal or any other province in India.’ 1 These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Ancient history · Annals · Archaeology · BENGAL · Bengali · Colonialism · Geography · Hinduism · Irish · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Terrorism · Torture · Asian Studies and History · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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