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    Globalisation and Its Impact on Siliguri
    (University of North Bengal, 2019-03) Kumari, Minakshee
    Globalisation is considered an amalgam of social-cultural and economic outcomes which resulted from the opening of the Indian economy. Globalisation is conceived to be an expansion of a neoliberal market economy where market entry becomes important players. In a simple manner, globalisation has been defined as changes in the density of International and global interaction related to local or national networks. Globalisation has a huge impact on the city of Siliguri. This paper discusses the impact of globalisation on Siliguri.
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    From Obscurity to a Sub-Divisional Headquarter: Siliguri in Colonial Period
    (University of North Bengal, 2017-03) Kumari, Minakshee
    Siliguri is a city which spans across the Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts in the Indian state of West Bengal. The city is located on the banks of the Mahananda River and the foothills of the Himalayas. Siliguri is known for its "4T": Tea, Timber, Tourism and Transport and is one of the fastest developing and growing metropolis of the state and also of the country. This city with sky scrapers, big hotels, many residential townships, three Railway stations and airports is boosted as the "Uncrowned capital of North Bengal" by the newspapers. However, a hundred years before this metropolis was only a small village. This research article tries to trace the colonial history of Siliguri, the conduct it received from the colonial rulers and the reasons for its quick unprecedented development.
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    Contested Spaces: Population Dynamics, the Refugees and Changing Social Landscape of Siliguri (1835 To 2011 C.E.)
    (University of North Bengal, 2016-03) Kumari, Minakshee
    The East India company in 1835 first acquired the nucleus of Darjeeling district from Raja of Sikkim, it was almost entirely under forest and particularly uninhabited. Although it was stated to have been inhabited probably a more accurate estimate was that these Hill tracks of 138 square miles contain the population of 100. The heavy forest and no communication facilities must have discouraged development and could have been a big obstruction for any increase of population. 1This research article traces how the population of Siliguri changed after independence and especially after the Indo Pakistan war when there was a huge flow of migration of people from surrounding areas and this totally altered the social landscape of the region.