https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=An_Imperial_Disaster An Imperial Disaster - Revision history 2026-11-14T23:40:16Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=An_Imperial_Disaster&diff=333428&oldid=prev UpdateBot: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit) 2022-06-04T13:18:53Z <p>robot: Update article (please <a href="/wiki/User_talk:UpdateBot" title="User talk:UpdateBot">report</a> if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:48, 4 June 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{short description|Nonfiction book by Benjamin Kingsbury}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{short description|Nonfiction book by Benjamin Kingsbury}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Orphan|date=December 2021}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{italic title}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{italic title}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;An Imperial Disaster: The Bengal Cyclone of 1876&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; is a work of history by the [[New Zealand]] scholar [[Benjamin Kingsbury]]. Originally formulated as the author&#039;s PhD thesis at [[Victoria University of Wellington]] in 2016, the book was published in 2018 to critical acclaim. It deals with the [[1876 Bengal cyclone]], which was one of the worst natural disasters of the 19th century and claimed up to 300,000 lives, but is almost completely forgotten today. Kingsbury&#039;s book is the first single-volume modern work entirely dedicated to the disaster. It has been praised by South Asian scholars such as [[Sunil Amrith]] (Harvard), [[Chandrika Kaul]] (St Andrews), [[Nandini Gooptu]] (Oxford), [[Peter Robb (academic)|Peter Robb]] (SOAS), and [[Rochona Majumdar]] (Chicago).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.victoria.ac.nz/hppi/about/news/1686588-glowing-reviews-for-book-published-by-recent-history-phd-graduate|title=Glowing reviews for book published by recent History PhD graduate {{!}} School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations {{!}} Victoria University of Wellington|website=www.victoria.ac.nz|access-date=2019-02-12}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;An Imperial Disaster: The Bengal Cyclone of 1876&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; is a work of history by the [[New Zealand]] scholar [[Benjamin Kingsbury]]. Originally formulated as the author&#039;s PhD thesis at [[Victoria University of Wellington]] in 2016, the book was published in 2018 to critical acclaim. It deals with the [[1876 Bengal cyclone]], which was one of the worst natural disasters of the 19th century and claimed up to 300,000 lives, but is almost completely forgotten today. Kingsbury&#039;s book is the first single-volume modern work entirely dedicated to the disaster. It has been praised by South Asian scholars such as [[Sunil Amrith]] (Harvard), [[Chandrika Kaul]] (St Andrews), [[Nandini Gooptu]] (Oxford), [[Peter Robb (academic)|Peter Robb]] (SOAS), and [[Rochona Majumdar]] (Chicago).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.victoria.ac.nz/hppi/about/news/1686588-glowing-reviews-for-book-published-by-recent-history-phd-graduate|title=Glowing reviews for book published by recent History PhD graduate {{!}} School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations {{!}} Victoria University of Wellington|website=www.victoria.ac.nz|access-date=2019-02-12}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It has been also received positive reviews in mainstream Indian papers such as ''[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]'' ([[Calcutta]]) and ''[[The Sunday Guardian]]''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">web</del>|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/death-by-apathy/cid/1690645|title=Death by apathy|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">website</del>=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">www.telegraphindia.com</del>}} May 16, 2019&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">web</del>|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/full-moon-night-tides-peak|title=‘It was a full moon night and the tides were at their peak...’|date=March 9, 2019|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">website</del>=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">www.sundayguardianlive.com</del>}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It has been also received positive reviews in mainstream Indian papers such as ''[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]'' ([[Calcutta]]) and ''[[The Sunday Guardian]]''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">news </ins>|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/death-by-apathy/cid/1690645|title=Death by apathy|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">work</ins>=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Telegraph|location=Kolkata</ins>}} May 16, 2019&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">news </ins>|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/full-moon-night-tides-peak|title=‘It was a full moon night and the tides were at their peak...’|date=March 9, 2019|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">work</ins>=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Sunday Guardian</ins>}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; 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Originally formulated as the author&#039;s PhD thesis at [[Victoria University of Wellington]] in 2016, the book was published in 2018 to critical acclaim. It deals with the [[1876 Bengal cyclone]], which was one of the worst natural disasters of the 19th century and claimed up to 300,000 lives, but is almost completely forgotten today. Kingsbury&#039;s book is the first single-volume modern work entirely dedicated to the disaster. It has been praised by South Asian scholars such as [[Sunil Amrith]] (Harvard), [[Chandrika Kaul]] (St Andrews), [[Nandini Gooptu]] (Oxford), [[Peter Robb (academic)|Peter Robb]] (SOAS), and [[Rochona Majumdar]] (Chicago).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.victoria.ac.nz/hppi/about/news/1686588-glowing-reviews-for-book-published-by-recent-history-phd-graduate|title=Glowing reviews for book published by recent History PhD graduate {{!}} School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations {{!}} Victoria University of Wellington|website=www.victoria.ac.nz|access-date=2019-02-12}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> It has been also received positive reviews in mainstream Indian papers such as &#039;&#039;[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]&#039;&#039; ([[Calcutta]]) and &#039;&#039;[[The Sunday Guardian]]&#039;&#039;.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/death-by-apathy/cid/1690645|title=Death by apathy|website=www.telegraphindia.com}} May 16, 2019&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/full-moon-night-tides-peak|title=‘It was a full moon night and the tides were at their peak...’|date=March 9, 2019|website=www.sundayguardianlive.com}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Imperial Disaster}}<br /> [[Category:2018 books]]<br /> [[Category:History books]]<br /> [[Category:History of Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:New Zealand books]]<br /> <br /> {{bangladesh-hist-book-stub}}<br /> {{india-hist-book-stub}}</div> >Marinla