Chatterji, Joya.

The spoils of Partition : Bengal and India, 1947-1967 / Joya Chatterji. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xvi, 342 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 15 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-331) and index.

The devil in the detail : new borders for a new state -- Swings and roundabouts : West Bengal and the new India -- Partition and migration : refugees in West Bengal, 1947-1967 -- Staying on : Partitin and West Bengal's Muslim minorities -- Political reconstruction and change : Congress government and politics, 1947-1967 -- The revenge of the periphery : the rise of the opposition in West Bengal.

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West Bengal (India)--History.
Bengal (India)--History--Partition, 1947.
India--History--Partition, 1947.

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