Event, Memory and Lore: Anecdotal History of Partition in Assam
The NEHU Journal, Vol XII, No. 2
2014
Summary:
Political history of Partition of India in 1947 is well-documented
by historians. However, the grass root politics and and the ‘victimhood’ of a number of communities affected by the Partition are still
not fully explored. The scholarly moves to write alternative History
based on individual memory and family experience, aided by the
technological revolution have opened up multiple narratives of the
partition of Assam and its aftermath. Here in northeast India the
Partition is not just a History, but a lived story, which registers its
presence in contemporary politics through songs, poems, rhymes and
anecdotes related to transfer of power in Assam. These have remained
hidden from mainstream partition scholarship. This paper seeks to
attempt an anecdotal history of the partition in Assam and the Sylhet
Referendum, which was a part of this Partition process.
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Language:
English