Bengal Muslims and Colonial Education, 18541947 - A Study of Curriculum, Educational Institutions, and Communal Politics

This book examines the impact of British education policies on the Muslims of Colonial Bengal. It evaluates the student composition and curriculum of various educational institutions for Muslims in Calcutta and Dacca to show how they produced the educated Muslim middle class. The author studies the role of Muslim leaders such as Abdul Latif and Fazlul Huq in the spread of education among Muslims and looks at how segregation in education supported by the British fueled Muslim anxiety and separatism. The book analyzes the conflict of interest between Hindus and Muslims over education and employment which strengthened growing Muslim solidarity and anti- Hindu feeling, eventually leading to the demand for a separate nation. It also discusses the experiences of Muslim women at Sakhawat Memorial School, Lady Brabourne College, Eden College, Calcutta, and Dacca Universities at a time when several Brahmo and Hindu schools did not admit them.
An important contribution to the study of colonial education in India, the book highlights the role of discriminatory colonial education policies and pedagogy in amplifying religious separatism. It will be useful for scholars and researchers of modern Indian history, religion, education, Partition studies, minority studies, imperialism, colonialism, and South Asian history.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Author's note
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1 Conflict begins
2 Partition politics
3 Period of turmoil
4 Fazlul Huq in power
5 Women's education
Conclusion
Appendix I
Appendix II
Bibliography
Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Nilanjana Paul is Assistant Professor, Department of History, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA.

Zusammenfassung

This book examines the impact of British education policies on the Muslims of Colonial Bengal.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Nilanjana Paul, Nilanjana (Assistant Professor of History Paul
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780367278281
• ISBN: 978-0-367-27828-1
• Seiten: 104
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / General, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Social & cultural history, India, c 1800 to c 1900, Colonialism & imperialism, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Philosophy & theory of education, Colonialism and imperialism, Philosophy and theory of education, Regional Geography, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, West Bengal