Caste, protest and identity in colonial India : the Namasudras of Bengal, 1872-1947 BY [1 ed.] 0700706267
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DRAKE UNIVERSITY - COWLES LIBRARY
DS4a5 .B4512 N343 1997 Bandyopadhyaya, Sekhara. Caste, protest and identity in colonial 1997. J
DATE DUE
DEMCO 38-297
Caste, Protest and Identity in Colonial India
Centre of South Asian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London LONDON STUDIES ON SOUTH ASIA 14. Tibet and the British Raj Alex McKay
15. Caste, Protest and Identity in Colonial India Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Caste, Protest and Identity in Colonial India The Namasudras of Bengal, 1872-1947
Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
CURZON
For Srilekha
First published in 1997 by Curzon Press St John’s Studios, Church Road, Richmond Surrey, TW9 2QA © 1997 Sekhar Bandyopadhyay Typeset in Horley Old Style by LaserScript, Mitcham, Surrey Printed in Great Britain by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other mccins, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book has been requested ISBN 0-7007-0626-7
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Contents
Acknowledgements
vii
Abbreviations
ix
Table
xi
Map
xii
Introduction 1
1
The Namasudras: A Socio-Economic Profile
2 Beginning of Soci