50 SOCIAL SCIENTIST the Tenancy Act of 1885. It may be reasonably inferred that these two movements which swept the countryside in the late 1810s through 1840s eventually gave birth to the demand for a separate electorate for Muslims early in the present century. [This article is a revised form of the research paper prepared under the supervision of Dr jV S Bose, head of the department of history, Jadavpur University, Calcutta.] 1 Proceedings of the Judicial Department (hereinafter P J D) OC no 25, 29 May 1843, p 460. 2 P J D, OC no 99, 7 April 1847, p 143. •{ Ibid., pp 143-44; M T Titus, Islam in India and Pakistan, Calcutta 1959, pp 185-87. 4 For an account of Shariat-ullah's life, see Titus, op cit., pp 186-88. 5 P J D, OC no 99, 7 April 1847, p 144; A R Mallick, British Polity and the Muslims in Bengal 1757-1856, Dacca, 1961, pp 17-19. 6 Report on the Census of British India, taken on 1 7 February 1881, vol 1, London 1881, p 27. 7 P J D, OC no 99, 7 April 1847, p 144; Titus, op cit., pp 187-88 ^ P J D, OG no 99, 7 April 1847, pp 144-45, 147; Titus op cit , p 188. 9 Mallick, op cit., pp 72-73. 10 M A Khan, History of the Faraidi Movement in Bengal {1818-1906}, Karachi 1965, pp 28-29. n P J D, OC no 99, 7 April 1847, p 144; Khan, op cit., pp 29-30. 12 P J D, OC no 99, p 145. 1- P J D, OG no 25, 29 May 1843, pp 461-62. 14 Khan, op cit., pp 104-12; A De, 'Bengali Buddhijibi-0-Bichchhinnata bad' (Vernacular), Calcutta 1974, pp 67-69. lr- P J D, OC no 25, 29 May 1843, p 462. ^ P J D, OC no 99, 7 April, 1847, pp 145-46. 37 Ibid., p 145; Cf. JN Sarkar, "Islam in Bengal", N K Sinha (ed.). History of Bengal, Calcutta 1967. 18 Ibid., pp 146-7; PJD.OC nos 21-25, 29 May 1843, pp 454-62; J Wise, Notes on the Races, Castes and Tribes of Eastern Bengal, London 1883, pp 20-24. 19 Ibid., P J D, no 25, 29 May 1843, p 462; Cf. De, op cit., p 72. 20 P J D, OCno 99, 7 April 1847, pp 142-43. 21 Ibid.,pp 145-46. 22 Ibid., pp 146-47; De, op cit., pp 76-79. ^ P J D, OC no 99, 7 April 1847 pp 148-49. 24 Ibid.,pp 149-50; Trial ofDoodo Miah and His Followers, Calcutta 1847, pp 47-181; Cf. G Palit, Tensions in Bengal Rural Society, Calcutta 1975, p 113. 25 P J D, OCno 100, 7 April 1847, p 151 26 Khan, op cit., p 37. 27 Wise, op cit., p 25; Khan, op cit., pp 42-43. 2S Khan, op cit., pp 46-7. Cf. De, op cit., pp 79-82. 29 "Teetoo Mir is a released convict." vide P J D, OC n» 67, 22 November 1831, p 206. Cf. Mallick, op cit., p 76. sw \y \^ Hunter, The Indian Mussalmans, 2nd edition, London, 1872, p 45. »i PJ D, OCno 84, 22 November 1831, p 233; and P J D, OC no 49, 6 December !831, p 98. For Syed Ahmed's career-sketch, see Hunter, op cit., pp 51-54. »2 For a contrary opinion cf. P J D, OC no 67, 22 November 1831, p 206. ^ P J D, OC no 50, 6 December 1831, p 102. a4 P J D, OC no 49, 6 December 1831, p 98. 35 Ibid., pp 98-99.