Author: Roy, N.B.
Title: A People in Distress : Being a Connected Account of the Namas from 1812 A.D. Down to the Present Day ..,.Vol. II.
Description: Calcutta, Mrs. Kadambini Roy, (March 1992). orig.wrappers. 21x13cm, (166) pp. Pagination runs vii, 113-260, xii pp.. Rubbed. Good. ¶ Volume 2 only. A history of the Namassej (Namasudra) scheduled caste of Bengal. Concerns 1919-1947. Contents: Namasudras on the March; A Controversial Leader; Namasudra Society on the Eve of Independence. Full title reads: "A People in Distress Being a Connected Account of the Namas from 1812 A.D. Down to the Present Day Together with a Study of their Antiquity : Vol. II

Keywords: Indian Social Movements, Nama Namas, Namasudra, Namasudras, Namassej, West Bengal, India South Asia, Dalit Castes Dalits, Caste Movement, Sociology