Battle of Plassey

Recalling Revolts

From 1760 onwards, there are records of resistance struggles against ruthless exploitation under the East India Company. It was ordinary people who came forward to fight, struggling as they were for survival. Among the poorest, and the poorer working people be they tribals, peasants, remnants of indigenous troops the discontent burst into outright rebellion. Their leaders were drawn from the old nawabi and zamindari class who had the fight still left in them

# Opinion

Recurrent deceptions

East Bengalis never realised that Urdu would be the national language of their new homeland and their beloved Bengali would become the language of their backyard. Jinnah had indeed sold them a mad dream that ended up dividing the Indian ummah into three. If only the Qaid had let them be, an undivided India would be today 40 per cent Muslim with the Prime Minister being always a momin. This was the biggest deception.