An accessible and fascinating story, this is one of the most riveting books of history ever written in the indian subcontinent. The retelling of the notoriously famous ‘bhawal sannyasi case’ — one of india’s best-known and most historic legal battles— is narrative history of the finest kind.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Partha Chatterjee
Partha Chatterjee, a founding member of 'Subaltern Studies', is a renowned political theorist. His books include A Princely Impostor? The Kumar of Bhawal and the Secret History of ndian Nationalism (Permanent Black and Princeton University Press, 2003). He is Direcetor of the Centre for Studies in Social sciences, Calcutta, and Visiting Profeesor of Anthropology, Columbia University.
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