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082 _a954.14
_bMUK/C
100 1 _aMukherjee, Arun
245 1 0 _aCrime and public disorder in colonial Bengal, 1861-1912/
_cArun Mukherjee.
260 _aCalcutta :
_bK.P. Bagchi & Co.,
_c1995.
300 _axiv, 320 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c21 cm.
500 _aRevision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Calcutta, 1988).
500 _aIncludes statistical tables.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-312) and index.
505 _a1. Introduction -- Part-I (CRIME AMD CRIMILAS) -- 2. Crime in Bengal: general trends and regional variations (1864-1912) -- 3.The Bengal crime scene: some special features -- 4. Socio-economic offences -- 5. Bengal criminals -- PART-II (PUBLIC DISORDER) -- 6. Communal disorders -- 7. Industrial workers' unrest -- 8. Political terrorism: a new dimension in public order problems (1905-1912) -- 9. Conclusions -- Appendices -- I. Divisions and districts of Bengal proper, showing area and population (1881 and 1911) -- II. Total cognisable crime (TC) and six major crimes (rioting, murder, dacoity, robbery, burglary and theft) in Bengal and its five divisions (1864-1912) -- III. Total cognisable crime (TC), property offences (DRBT) and price of common rice (RP) in Midnapore district (1864-1904) -- IV. Socio-economic background and modus operandi of some habitual criminal groups operating in Bengal (1861-1912) -- V. Inmates of Bengal jails distributed by caste and religion (1911) -- VI. Major incidents of communal disorder in Bengal (1891-1912) -- VII. Major reported incidents of unrest among industrial workers in Bengal (1862-1912) -- VIII. Forms of protest action by industrial workers in Bengal (1861-1912) -- IX. Incidents of political crimes in Bengal (1906-1912) -- X. Vows administered to recruits in the secret political groups/samitis in Bengal (1906-1912)
650 0 _aCrime
_zIndia
_zBengal
_xHistory.
650 0 _aRiots
_zIndia
_zBengal
_xHistory.
650 0 _aCommunalism
_zIndia
_zBengal
_xHistory.
651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory
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