Earthquake, Vulnerability and State: North Bengal in 1897
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2015-03
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Karatoya : North Bengal University journal of History
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Bhattacharya, Dahlia
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University of North Bengal
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Ghosh, T. (2015). Earthquake, Vulnerability and State: North Bengal in 1897. Karatoya : North Bengal University Journal of History, 8, 45–62. https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/3858
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Ghosh, Tirthankar
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Abstract
The historical dimensions of the natural disasters or calamities such as - flood,
earthquake, cyclone, landslide, etc. form one of the important segments of historical
reconstruction of human past and these issues are also increasingly coming to be recognized. with
their regional and local variations. Natural disorders not only destroyed lives and property but
also disturbed the existed norms of the environment ,by which ecological balance could be
restored The distinctiveness of north Bengal in respect of climate, river-influence, rainfall and
natural disasters; the behavior of demographic pattern influenced and shaped by the natural
calamities along with ratio of mortality or birth and death rates during these calamities displayed
certain peculiarities that assert the necessity of historical analysis of these aspects. Historians
have, so far, paid little attention to the historical significance of the natural disasters and to the
effects of disasters upon societies. Coping with the natural disasters of a particular society
depends on the nature of state and its success of providing shelter to the distress. In this
background the present article seeks to draw, from historical standpoint the occurrence and
consequences of the Earthquake of 1897 which originated in the region of Shillong plateau and
affected lives and property in northern part of Bengal and the subsequent measures taken by the
colonial Government during and after the events.
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8
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2229-4880
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45 - 62