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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    The Plantation Enclave, the Colonial State and Healthcare: A Study of the Tea Industry of Jalpaiguri Duars (1902-1947)
    (University of North Bengal, 2024) Biswas, Supam
    During the pioneering years of tea plantation, medical care was probably not available in the tea gardens in Duars. Hunter found that the principal endemic diseases in duars were malaria and blackwater fever. On the initiative of the Indian Government, the Malaria Commission of the Royal Society, London, visited duars in 1902. The members included J.W.W. Stephens, S.R. Christophers and C.W.W. Daniels. Based on the reports of Christophers and Bentley, the Government of Bengal and Assam formed the Duars Committee in 1910 for the improvement of the sanitary and medical condition of the duars region. They emphasised imparting training to the resident doctors, the establishment of dispensaries and recommended provision of potable water and quinine in coolie lines to prevent various diseases. Milligan commented in 1919 that the chief need of the district was an increase in the number of qualified doctors. This paper is an attempt to study the nature of various diseases, including the shortage of qualified doctors, and also to argue that disease control acted as a mode of colonial power, governance and intervention in areas of productivity.