Mystery, scandal, an exciting legal soap opera — the sensational Bhawal sanyasi case had it all. Little wonder that the courtroom battle, which began in Dhaka in 1930 and concluded 16 years later at the Privy Council in London in 1946, captured the public imagination with such intensity and for such a long time that it spawned books, films, and, …
Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:00 IST “It is known that one deputy magistrate is examining local witnesses in Darjeeling in purdah in the Bhawal case. The Mendicant Prince: A Novel By Aruna Chakravarti Picador India Pages: 296 Price: Rs.599 This piece of news was published in the Bengali daily Anandabazar Patrika on the date mentioned above and reprinted in …
