Bengal Muslims and Colonial Education, 1854-1947
Bengal Muslims and Colonial Education, 1854-1947 This book examines the impact of British education policies on the Muslims of Colonial Bengal. The author studies the role of Muslim leaders such as…
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Bengal Muslims and Colonial Education, 1854-1947
This book examines the impact of British education policies on the Muslims of Colonial Bengal. 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. 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.
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 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.