Browsing by Subject "Maldah"

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Popular Protests and Nationalist Movement in Mufassil Bengal: Maldah 1925 - 1934
(University of North Bengal, 2015-03) Sarkar, Ashim Kumar
Focusing' on Maldah, a northern district of Bengal, an attempt has been made in this work to demonstrate that the complexity of the nationalist movement can be gauged through an indepth study of the localities. The study attempts to throw significant light on the different facets of nationalism. The study draws attention to the view that nationalism was not only marked by a series of urban and popular rural protests but was also a struggle where people, in a variety of positions, taking a wide range of steps, posed a severe challenge to the British 'authority and hegemony. Tile popular struggles, which converged with the Civil Disobedience movement, moved .beyond the parameter _of congress programme and threw up their own agendas. Focusing on Maldah, this study throws light on the popular perceptions and translations of nationalism: which were linked up with the desires and aspirations of the adivasi peasants.
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Preliminary sereening of Medicinal plants growing in different habitats of Maldah district of West Bengal, India
(University of North Bengal, 2014-03) Chowdhury, Monoranjan
The present article is focus on the wild medicinal plants that grown in different habitats of Maldah district of West Bengal. Two year extensive survey in Maldah district resulted in the record of around 281 species of potential medicinal plants.
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Present status of flora, fauna and vegetation structure in the wetlands of Maldah district of West Bengal, India
(University of North Bengal, 2013-03) Chowdhury, M.; Das, A.P.
The highest area of fresh water wetlands in the West Bengal is situated in the district of Maldah. Out of 23 larger wetlands of West Bengal 11 are located in this district. Maldah-wetlands are quite old and natural with good biodiversity and healthy ecosystem. These wetlands are the house of around 351 vascular plant species and several animal species like waterfowl, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks and numerous insects. The local people largely depend also on these wetlands for their sustenance. But several threats, mainly anthropogenic, are gradually destroying these important ecosystems since the last decade.