"This book explores the experience of people affected by the partition of British India and princely states in 1947 through first person accounts, memoirs, archival material, literature, and cinema. It focuses on the displacement, violence and trauma of the people affected and i…
Based on original sources, this volume is a pioneering work in the study of the growth and development of judicial administration in Assam since the beginning of the East India Company's rule in the province till it was separated from the Bengal Presidency in 1874. In view of th…
Based on original sources, this volume is a pioneering work in the study of the growth and development of judicial administration in Assam since the beginning of the East India Company's rule in the province till it was separated from the Bengal Presidency in 1874. In view of th…
""Coolie" is a generic category for the "unskilled" manual labour. The offering of services for hire had various pre-colonial lineages. In the nineteenth century there was an attempt to recast the term in discursive constructions and material practices for "mobilized-immobilized…
This book focuses on the how the uniqueness of Assam, in terms of its location, geography, social plurality and economy, as well as its history, haveshaped the contours of its politics.
"Assam has undergone two significant alterations in its political contours since the 1980s-one leading to the rise of a regional party and the other to a firm foothold by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Assam Movement (1979-1985) led to the formation of the main regional p…
This book focuses on the how the uniqueness of Assam, in terms of its location, geography, social plurality and economy, as well as its history, have shaped the contours of its politics.
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Note on the Future of the Present Excluded, Partially Excluded and Tribal Areas of Assam; A Note on the Future of the Hill Tribes of Assam and the Adjoining Hills in a Self-governing India; The Future Government of the …