Cover of The Decline of the Bengal Zamindars

The Decline of the Bengal Zamindars

by Chitta Panda

1996 231 pages eng

"This book examines the interaction between the landed aristocracy in nineteenth-century Bengal and colonial rule, with reference to Midnapore." "The author questions the standard argument in existing historiography that, as collaborators, zamindars prospered under colonial rule. He argues that they…

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