Browsing by Subject "Jalpaiguri"

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An ethno-medicobotanical investigation among Rava tribe of Jalpaiguri district
(University Of North Bengal, 2011-03) Bose, Debadin
This work deals with the ethnomedicobotanical use of various plant species by Rava community residing in Jalpaiguri district. This kind of approach is rather sporadic not only in this region but also to other parts of the India. Here ethnomedicinal uses of 41 selected plant species, which are generally used by the Rava people, have been described. This study reveals some interesting information about the mode of the use ot these plants which may form the basis of primary health care system of Rava community. This knowledge would be an excellent addition to the current knowledge of folk medicine and may opens a new horizon in the field of ethnobotany and ethnomedicine.
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Experiences of Refugee Women After Partition (1947-1962): A Case Study of the Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal
(University of North Bengal, 2020-03) Pal, Agnita
Partition and migration can be considered as a mirroring face of Indian independence. A huge number of refugees entered in India after partition, and among them a considerable number were women. This particular gender unfortunately bore the most lasting scars of partition, both physical and mental, as refugees on one hand and for being women on the other. Adjustment in the new land was very difficult, rather challenging for them. Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal is in fact flooded with the stories of sufferings of those women thereby containing a significant history frozen in the memories of those surviving eyewitnesses. This paper is an attempt to seek attention to those unknown parts of human history.
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Public Associations in North Bengal from the early years of the 19th Century to Independence
(University of North Bengal, 2018-03) Biswas, Supam
Societies and associations were the harbingers of the new awakening in Bengal among urban middle class. Bengal or India had not known any such societies organised for collective thinking and discussion until the 19th century. The journey of pubic Associations in Undivided Bengal began with the foundation of Atmiya Sabha, Brahma Samaj led by Raja Rammahan Roy the ‘Father of Modern India’. The northern part of colonial Bengal also did not lag behind much in this field. A large number of socio – cultural, religious, political Associations grew up under the patronage of urban middle class, Jotedars, merchants, tea planters and the members of royal family Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri. Professional historians appear to be reluctant to come forward to undertake this task in a concerted and coordinated manner. This is the vacuum that this article seeks to fill in.
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Socio-Economic condition of women in tea gardens: case study of terai of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri Districts of West Bengal
(University of North Bengal, 2019) Kapasia, Nanigopal,; Rohatgi, Sushma,
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Swadeshi Enterprise and The Bengali Business Community in North Bengal (1905 – 1920)
(University of North Bengal, 2020-03) Biswas, Supam
The growth and development of Bengali entrepreneurship during the Swadeshi movement is an integral part of the history of North Bengal. They exhaustively showed their interests in all fields such as tea plantation, timber, rice, jute, silk, textile, tobacco, banking, insurance and other miscellaneous sector. This section of the Indian bourgeoisie, though economically weak, represented national aspirations and sought to attain economic development.