Riots and Victims

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
I Constructions of Ethnicity and Communal Identity
II Creating a Political Community: The First Partition of Bengal
	The "Backwardness" Factor and the Legacy of Religious Reform
	The Agrarian Context
	The 1905 Partition
	The Annulment
III The Function of Violence: Renegotiating the Status Order 1918–1926
	Renegotiating the Status Order
	The Plasticity of Identity Symbols
	The Rise of Pan-Islamic Concerns
	The Calcutta 'Riot' of 1918
	The Legacy of Non-cooperation and Khilafat and the Hindu-Muslim Pact
	The Praja Movement
	The Swarajists and the Hindu-Muslim Pact
	The Search for a 'Muslim' Party
	The Communal Violence of 1926: Symbols, Elections, and Violence
	The Calcutta Riots of April-July 1926
	The Pabna Riots of July 1926
	Conclusion
IV The Politics of Violence: Patterns of Organization 1926–1941
	The Representation of Violence and Victimization
	The Choreography of Violence in Public Spaces
	The Dacca 'Riot' of September 1926
	The Shivaji Disturbance
	The Independence Day 'Riot' of 1930
	The Dacca Riot of May 22-30, 1930
	The 1941 Dacca 'Riot'
	Conclusion
V The Muslim League's Struggle for Bengal
	The Search for a Muslim Party (reprise)
	Capturing the Symbols of Agrarian Reform
	The 1936-37 Election Campaign
	The KPP-Muslim League Ministry
	Capturing the Symbols of Victimization
	Muslim League Commissions of Inquiry
	The Fight for Control of the Bengal Provincial Muslim League
Conclusion
	Symbols, Elections, and Violence: A 1990 Parallel
	Was Bengal Unique?
	The Logic of Violence
Glossary of Selected Items
Bibliography
Index