Princely impostor?: the Kumar of Bhawal and the secret history of Indian Nationalism /
Partha Chatterjee.
- New Delhi. : Permanent black c2004.
- xvi, 429 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.: Pbk.
Rs.295/-
Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-415) and index.
The facts of the matter -- An estate called Bhawal -- On hunting and other sports -- What happened in Darjeeling? -- First brush with the law -- The house on Lansdowne Road -- A fondness for miracles -- The identity puzzle -- The trial begins -- Darjeeling : the plaintiff's case -- Experts on recognition -- For the defense -- The climax -- Reasonings -- The judgment -- The appeal -- Razor's edge -- The decision -- To London and back.
In 1921 a travelling religious man appeared in eastern British Bengal. Soon people began to identify him as the Second Kumar of Bhawal - a man believed to have died 12 years earlier - and so began a legal case which would last several decades. This is a narrative history of this incredible story.
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Roy, Ramendra Narayan, Raja of Bhowal, 1884?-1946.
Impostors and imposture--Bangladesh. Identity (Psychology) Nationalism.