Volume-XII, Special Issue, April 2026 |
Development of political cartoon in colonial Bengal (1872-1911) Triyasha Das, Research Scholar, Department of History, Visva Bharati University, West Bengal, India |
Received: 01.04.2026 | Accepted: 06.04.2026 | Published Online: 10.04.2026 | Page No: 327-337 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.12.issue.specialW.300 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
This article analyses the emergence of cartoons in colonial Bengal, its political and historical relevance in the cultural history. It was based on the sources that includes periodicals and journals that were prevalent in the colonial Bengal. This visual satires emphasizes a interdisciplinary approach, where historical inquiry and intellectual ideas were connected. This study focus on several political events that took place between 1872 to 1905. The political cartoonists primaryfocus was to highlight on different aspects of the political conditions in Bengal. As a visual satires, political cartoons portrayed absurdities of all those strategies imposed by the colonizers. The cartooning culture opened up new avenues for the masses. It aimed to create a rational mind which was capable understanding the nature of the colonial government. Political cartoons created space for fantasy and logical thinking. | ||
Keywords: political cartoons, culture, Bengal, political cartoonists, swadeshi movement. |