Renaissance Revisited: Murshidabad (1853-1953)

The influence of renaissance on the socio-cultural life of nineteenth century Bengal other than Calcutta is the subject matter of this book. This involves a thorough probe into role of contemporary academic institutions and intelligentsia that played the pivotal part in the life, culture and society of the common people. The nineteenth century Bengal renaissance had its influence on the life and culture of Murshidabad, at the same time the history of Krishnath College is associated with a long list of men of eminence; it educated generations of student from all over Bengal who have made their mark in different fields of life. The economic condition and social milieu in Murshidabad in the second half of the nineteenth century and first half of the twentieth century relevant for argument has also been analyzed. The book shows the history of Murshidabad as an alternative centre of the Renaissance.