There are many works that examine the relationship between the coloniser and the colonised. While there are several volumes of studies that invest in the criticism of the British ideology (political, social, economic and cultural), there are a few that critically scrutinise the same from the vantage point of contributions of the West.
To the surprise of many, nearly 500 residents of Bengal – 200 of them Hindu and the rest Muslim – jointly petitioned the government in 1839 in favour of Persian against their native Bengali language.