About the Book: Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the Hindu Dissent and the Partition of
Bengal, 1932-1947
"The role of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee in demanding the separation of the
Hindu majority districts in the western half of Bengal from the proposed East
Pakistan has not been studied so far and documented. The 'Right historians today
try to view it as a great triumph for the Hindus while 'Secular ones try to
paint Syama Prasad as an 'arch communalist. Underlying both versions of the
story is an assumption that the partition of Bengal was a much sought after goal
pursued by Syama Prasad. Yet an impassioned examination of