Karatoya : North Bengal University journal of History, Vol. 17

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Editorials

On behalf of the Department of History, University of North Bengal, it is our privilege to present to the readers Volume 17 (2024) of the Karatoyā: North Bengal University Journal of History. The present volume has incorporated research papers covering a wide range of issues and from various sub-disciplines of History. The empirical works dealing with diverse spheres of identity politics, freedom movements, electoral politics, territorial struggles at the supra-local level, the study of sculptures, heritage, social history, ethnicity, sports history, women’s history, etc., have enriched its contents. The volume also includes three review articles. It is being published after all the articles have been refereed, peer reviewed and critically edited with the ISSN 2229-4880.

It is our solemn duty to express our deepest gratitude to our Honourable Vice Chancellor, Registrar, and Finance Officer for their generous concern for ‘Academic Endeavour’. We are also grateful to our colleagues in the Department of History for their warm encouragement and necessary cooperation for publishing this journal.

We are also thankful to all the contributors for providing valuable research papers. Finally, the officials and the staff of the North Bengal University Press deserve the heartiest thanks for their cooperation in printing the journal within a limited span of time.

 

Editors

Sudash Lama, Ph.D.

Dipsikha Acharya Ph.D.



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    Nepalis in Manipur: Making Their Mark in Electoral Politics
    (University of North Bengal, 2024) Abrar, S.
    From the early colonial time onwards, the British had brought outsiders to the state of Manipur to meet their needs and services as labourers, servants, cooks, coolie, helpers, etc. Later, the migrants brought their families and started settling down with permission granted by the Manipur State Durbar and British Political Agents from time to time. The British were very much satisfied and attracted by these migrant communities because of their courage, hard work, trustworthiness, honesty, sincerity, and valour, and the British realized their importance both during the war and peacetime as soldiers and peasants, respectively. This migrant community is none other than the Nepalis/Gorkhas. Their coming and movement had been seen from the time of the British setting up of the Political Agency in Imphal in 1835, which even today inherits this legacy during the post-colonial time through the Indo-Nepal Treaty of 1950. As the population influx occurred in the state in the 1960s and 1970s, the Nepali broadly expanded their settlement throughout the once Gorkha Reserve- Kanglatongbi-Kangpokpi belts and made the Kangpokpi AC 50-50 with the local tribes, which even led to being elected as representative from it after converted into a general seat. This legacy of fighting elections continues even today, even though they lost it by a margin after the 1980s. Besides, they have also participated in panchayat and ADC elections with elected members and cast their votes in the valley and hill constituencies other than Kangpokpi.