• Rahul Patra
• Sanat Kumar Guchhait
• Giasuddin Patua
• Anarul Haque

Manbhum Linguistic Movement got the national attraction and ultimately the State Boundary Commission agreed to bifurcate the district Manbhum as it has neglected linguistic domain, ethnic concentration and psychological attachment of Bengali community very close to the provincial border due to colonial politics of space especially Partition of Bengal in 1905. Therefore, redefining the boundary between West Bengal and Bihar was done in 1956 attaching a part of Manbhum district named Puruliya with West Bengal while remaining portion in Bihar. The frontier zone of Jharkhand bordering Puruliya district of West Bengal is marked by a sizable concentration of Bengali communities who were not included in West Bengal even after redefining of State boundary in1956 and they are facing the problems of identity, more specifically diasporic identity with the statehood of Bihar (now Jharkhand) community identity as Bengali.

Linguistic Movement, State Boundary Commission, Politics of space, Community identity

"Colonial and Post-Independent Politics of Space, Cultural Buffer and the Community Identity of Bengali Speaking People of Jharkhand adjacent to the Puruliya District of West Bengal", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no.d761-d770, March-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403394.pdf

"Colonial and Post-Independent Politics of Space, Cultural Buffer and the Community Identity of Bengali Speaking People of Jharkhand adjacent to the Puruliya District of West Bengal", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no. ppd761-d770, March-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403394.pdf