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CATEGORIES:Wolfson College Humanities Society
SUMMARY:The Second World War and the Prospect of Quit Indi
 a in Bengal: Perceptions\, Rumours and Revolutiona
 ry Parties - Dr Anwesha Roy (SOAS\, University of 
 London)
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UID:TALK153343AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/153343
DESCRIPTION:This talk shall look at the years 1940-42 in Benga
 l\, with a view to analyze the social fuel that ma
 de the Quit India Movement possible in the provinc
 e. Wartime colonial policies created multiple disr
 uptions and intrusions in the lives of the people 
 of Bengal\, building up anxieties and mass discont
 ent. Coupled with widespread rumours\, this profou
 ndly reconfigured the image of the colonial state.
  The paper attempts to tap into the psyche of colo
 nised minds in the early stages of the war in Beng
 al\, which began to question British invincibility
  in the face of serious reverses on the Eastern Fr
 ont. When a potent mix of mass discontentment and 
 rumour was combined with ‘revolutionary’ political
  activism in the countryside\, it acted as an expl
 osive catalyst\, animating the Quit India movement
 .\n\nThis event will be held online via Zoom. Regi
 ster via:\n\nhttps://wolfson-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/web
 inar/register/1816019923288/WN_UL4G36pBR16N4MdjbAV
 e2A
LOCATION:Online via zoom
CONTACT:Dr Stephen Wilford
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