Browsing by Subject "Bengal"

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Bengal under the lieutenant governors: being a narrative of the principal events and public measures during their periods of office from 1854 to 1898; 2nd ed; vol 1
(Kedarnath Bose, 1902) Buckland, C. E.
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Bengal under the lieutenant governors: being a narrative of the principal events and public measures during their periods of office from 1854 to 1898; 2nd ed; vol 2
(Kedarnath Boes, 1902) Buckland, C. E.
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Bengal under the lieutenant governors: being a narrative of the principal events and public measures during their periods of office from 1854 to 1898; 2nd ed; vol 2
(Kedarnath Bose, 1902) Buckland, C. E.
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Buddhists and Buddhist legacies in Modern Bengal
(University of North Bengal, 2017-03) Datta, Karubaki
In the ancient period Bengal used to be a seat of Buddhism. The archaeological ruins and the accounts of the foreign travellers bear testimony to the expansion and richness of this heritage in ancient Bengal. Yet it was not before long that the religion degenerated and became almost extinct. There was hardly any trace of Buddhist practices and heritage in the medieval period when Bengal was ruled by Muslim rulers. There has been a revival and resurgence of Buddhism in modern period almost all over India and it has found its reflection in Bengal as well....
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Contested Resources, History and Epistemologies: The Lived Experiences of the Indigenous Forest Villagers in North Bengal
(University of North Bengal, 31-03-2023) Paul, Mrinalini
This paper argues that Adivasi and tribal studies in India have been overshadowed by methodologies and ideologies bearing heavy colonial underpinnings. In order to develop this discipline further with sound epistemological base, it is necessary to engage with methodologies of a more organic and post-colonial nature. This paper uses the Adaptation-Negotiation-Freedom (ANF) framework (Bodhi and Jojo 2019) to understand the historical and contemporary critical events in the lives of the indigenous and Adivasi communities of the forest villages of North Bengal. The ANF framework has been developed contesting the predominant Isolation-Assimilation- Integration (IAI) framework that arises from a caste society understanding and defines the “tribal” as a residual category. The larger significance of adopting such a framework, beyond academics, is that these researches and data contribute to the policy framework of the country. One of the reasons for the continuous socio-economic deprivation and cultural dispossession of the tribal communities in the country, in spite of various legal safeguards, protective legislations and constitutional provisions, can definitely be attributed to the epistemological injustice taking place. This paper is based on a qualitative ethnography which places the researcher’s descriptions, observations and the forest villagers’ experiences (mostly Rabhas and Oraons) in both the ANF and IAI framework, and finds that the former offers a relatively authentic story of the micro socio-cultural politics and narratives arising from the landscape.
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Developments in Tobacco in the Princely State of Cooch Behar
(University of North Bengal, 2019-03) Debnath, Tapas; Sarkar, Tahiti
Tobacco was a very popular intoxication content in colonial Bengal. Though several countries imposed certain restrictions on the use of tobacco, the colonial period became a mark on the growth of tobacco consumption and trade. Due to the growing demands, there was a need to improve quality and quantity of tobacco in India. A number of scientific approaches were suggested and adopted for the improvement of quality and quantity of tobacco. Princely states of Cooch Behar took keen interest in this matter. The main aim was to make the tobacco trade of Cooch Behar a profitable one. The Commissioners of Cooch Behar and Maharaja Nripendra Narayan had taken various experimental measures for the improvement of tobacco. A modern farm was established for that purpose. Prince Gojendra Narayan was also interested in tobacco cultivation. Victor Nityendra Narayan, visited famous tobacco growing countries. Though the investment and efforts on these experiments were much, the success rate was not satisfactory. There was always a fluctuation in the quantity, quality and rate of the tobacco in Cooch Behar mainly owing to rainfall and hailstorms.
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Early history of Bengal: sena period
(Calcutta University Press, 1927) Sarkar, Girindra Mohan
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Early revenue history of Bengal and the fifth report
(Clarendon press, 1917) Ascoli, F. D.
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Early revenue history of Bengal and the fifth report 1812
(Clarendon press, 1917) Ascoli, F. D.
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Eastern Bengal ballads; vol 2 part 1
(University of Calcutta, 1926) compiled and edited by Sen, Dineschandra
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Eastern Bengal ballads; vol 3 part 1
(Calcutta University Press, 1928) compiled and edited by Sen, Dineschandra
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Eastern Bengal ballads; vol 4 part 1
(Calcutta University Press, 1932) compiled and edited by Sen, Dineschandra
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From Effeminacy to Revolutionary: A Historical Analysis of the Rise of the Revolutionary Movement in Colonial Bengal
(University of North Bengal, 2022-03) Ghosh, Subir
In India, the origins of the revolutionary movement had a long-term historical process. In the early decade of the twentieth century, the revolutionary movement was mainly confined to Bengal, Maharashtra, and Punjab. This article focuses on the origins of the revolutionary movement in colonial Bengal. In Bengal, the revolutionary movement had a historical root. It was the result of the physical culture movement in Bengal. This paper is trying to argue that the concept of the revolutionary movement was not exported from Maharashtra. However, historians like Peter Heehs, Partha Chatterjee, and Bimanbehari Majumdar have argued that the idea of the Bengali revolutionary movement came from Maharashtra. This article discusses that the Bengali revolutionary movement started against the charge of effeminacy and cowardice of Bengali people. Some Bengali intellectuals, like Rajnarayan Bose, Nabagopal Mitra, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, later Sarala Ghosal, Pramatha Nath Mitra, Aurobindo Ghosh, Sister Nivedita, and Jatindranath Banerjee, played a crucial role in forming a revolutionary organisation in Bengal.
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The History of Bengal from the first Mohammedan invasion until the virtual conquest of that country by English, A.D. 1757; 2nd ed
(Bangabashi Office, 1910) Stewart, Charles
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Working Class and Politics of Drinking in Bengal (1856-1900)
(University of North Bengal, 2018-03) Mondal, Amrita
In colonial Bengal, being the victims of economic exploitation, the working class’s idea of drinking pleasure faced the moral question of the Indian reformists, Europeans and Christian missionaries. These three groups presented three perceptions on the drinking pleasure of the working class; however, all these narratives indicated that excessive drinking led this particular class into the paths of immorality and financial distress. The paper, while revisiting all these narratives, especially colonial excise policies, finds out patterns of drinking practice of the working class and the reasons for changing the perception of the society on working-class drinking and redefining drinking pleasure of the working class in the nineteenth century Bengal.