Contested Spaces: Population Dynamics, the Refugees and Changing Social Landscape of Siliguri (1835 To 2011 C.E.)
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2016-03
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Karatoya : North Bengal University journal of History
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Sarkar, Bijoy kumar
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University of North Bengal
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Kumari, M. (2016). Contested Spaces: Population Dynamics, the Refugees and Changing Social Landscape of Siliguri (1835 To 2011 C.E.). Karatoya : North Bengal University Journal of History, 9, 86–95. https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/3878
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Kumari, Minakshee
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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.
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9
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2229-4880
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86 - 95