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    Fractured ethnic space of rabha tribe of North Bengal
    (University of North Bengal, 2015-03) Pal, Surajit Kumar
    In recent time North Bengal is turning out to be the seedbed of social unrest as different ethnic groups are out to establish their own ethnopolitical space. The Rabha, a small indigenous tribal group, who inhabit the forest and non-forest villages, were a single united group in terms of their socio-cultural system in the pre-independence period, but in post-independence period they seem to be a fragmented lot. They are fragmented along political and religious lines; the entry of Christianity, in particular, has brought about boundaries within the ethnic community.
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    Social Welfare Administration of Scheduled Castes in West Bengal: a study of Rajbanshi of Cooch Behar
    (University of North Bengal, 2000) Sarker, Mousumi De; Sarkar, Dilip Kumar; Sengupta, Pradip Kumar
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    Upendra Nath Barman: The Rise of a leader from Regional to National Politics 1898 - 1988
    (University of North Bengal, 2015-03) Barman, Tushar Kanti
    Rise of a leader is not a new phenomenon from ancient period to still today in the whole world. Like other parts of the world India also not lagging behind on it. In India various leaders came from an assortment of fields which might be for nations, territory, community or any other issues. InĀ· such cases Bengal also got many leaders from various issues. Like other political issues caste politics has also played a very crucial role in the politics of Bengal from colonial period to still today. In contrast northern part of Bengal also played very significant role, where some movements like Namasudra Movements, Rajbanshi Kshatriya Movement was held by some eminent caste leaders; among the leaders Upendra Nath Barman had played a very imperative role in the context of North Bengal as well as for the Nation. This paper is an attempt to observe the role of Upendra Nath Barman in circumstance of a Kshatriya Samity leader as well as a leader of a nation.