Karatoya : North Bengal University journal of History, Vol. 13

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FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK

On behalf of the Department of History, University of North Bengal, it is our privilege to present to the readers the Volume 13 (2020) of the Karatoya: North Bengal University Journal of History. The present volume has incorporated research papers covering a wide range of issues and from various sub-disciplines of History. The empirical works dealing with diverse spheres of the mother discipline, viz. nationalism, sub-nationalism, post-modernist views, sports history, women’s history, etc. have enriched its contents. The Volume 13 is being published after all the articles having been refereed, peer reviewed, and critically edited with the ISSN 2229-4880. The Karatoya: North Bengal University Journal of History is a UGC Approved Journal of Arts and Humanities with Serial No. 42512.

It is our solemn duty to express our deepest gratitude to our Honourable Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Finance Officer for their generous concern on ‘Academic Endeavour’. We are also grateful to our colleagues of the Department of History for their warm encouragement and necessary cooperation for publishing this journal.

We are also thankful to all the contributors for providing valuable research papers. Finally, the officials and the staffs of the North Bengal University Press deserve heartiest thanks for their cooperation in printing the journal within limited span of time.

 

Sudash Lama, Ph.D. (Chief Editor)

Dipsikha Acharya, Ph.D. (Associate Editor)



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    Mangars: Origin and Settlement in Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling
    (University of North Bengal, 2020-03) Mangar, Asudha
    The history and culture of the Aryans have been extensively dealt with by different scholars but the description of the non-Aryans or the aboriginal tribes still hold obscurity either it is about their contribution to the primitive history of India or facts of their origin in the Indian sub- continent. The history of origin of Mangar or Magar in India is also shrouded in obscurity. It is due to this fact; a variant of opinions is adjoined with them. However, some scholars emphasized on the fact that the Magars or Mangars, are one of the aborigines of Sikkim and Nepal, belong to the Kirata community of the Eastern Himalayas. They are one of the oldest tribes of Sikkim. Rajesh Verma has reasonably stated that the Kiratis include Rai, Limbu, Gurung, Mangar and Tamang tribe of Sikkim. S.R. Timsina has also mentioned that the Mangars, Limbus and Lepcha are the earliest settlers of ancient Sikkim. J.D. Hooker has also described them as the aborigines of Sikkim, whence they were driven by the Lepchas westward into the country of the Limboos and by this latter further west (Nepal) still. At the end of 20th century, the identity aspirations and sense of identity have offered a new dimension to the assertiveness of the ethnic groups and similarly to this community. It is in this background, the history of origin of Mangars and their traditional values came to prominence and look for an identification of the facts in the district of Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling. Hence, the article attempts to find the history of its origin and their inhabitation in these districts of West Bengal.