Religion and Politics in Modern Bengal
- Description:
- The collection includes books and periodicals associated with Bengali Muslim intellectuals including M. Abdur Rahman, Abdul Jabbar, Abdul Bari and Abdul Aziz Al Amman as well as back-issues of Neda-e-Islam, a monthly religious magazine affiliated with the Furfura Sharif Sufi reform movement, manuscripts and print materials belonging to Acharya Mahananda Haldar, the preeminent Matua theologian and historian, and all available back-issues of the Bangla local news-weekly, Birbhum-Barta (circa 1905-1984).