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receivers, the zamindars, tenure-holders, and the rent-receiving raiyats together with their dependants, may be estimated at more than 1 crore 50 lakhs of people, or a third of Bengal's total population". ( Report, vol I, pp 337-338). It gives an idea about the size of the middle classes of Bengal connected with land.
66 Report, vols III-VI. For Dr Naresh Chandra Sengupta's views see his work Juga Parikrama, vol II, Calcutta 1961, pp 220-234.
67 Report, vols III-VI.
68 Report, vol I, p 233.
69 J H Broomfield, Elite Conflct in a Plural Society. Twentieth-century Bengal, Bombay 1968; Pakistan Prastab; Bangali Buddhijibi, chill.
70 Professor Nirmal Kumar Base's Diary and Gandhi Papers, vol II (1945 to 1947), pp 139-203, in the Asiatic Society, Calcutta.
71 Pramatha Chaudhuri, Rayater Katha, Calcutta 1354 B S., Badruddin Umar, op.cit., Amalendu De, Swadhin Bangabhumi Gathaner Parikalpana : Pray ash 0 Parinati Calcutta 1975.
72 Bangali Buddhijibi ; Roots of Separatism.