Karatoya : North Bengal University journal of History, Vol. 14

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FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK

We, on behalf of the Department of History, University of North Bengal, are extremely pleased to have this opportunity and honour to present to the readers the Volume 14(2021) of the Karatoya: North Bengal University Journal of History (ISSN 2229-4880) which is a UGC Approved Journal of Arts and Humanities with Serial No. 42512. In the present Volume, we have included multiple research papers covering various themes, issues and recent trends across the discipline of History and related sub-disciplines like Ideas in History, Bengal famine, social conflicts in Colonial India, ancient statecraft, History of Eastern Himalayan and sub-Himalayan region, nature of Mughal defence, etc. In this regard, we would like to appreciate the concerned authors for an enriching and well researched contribution of their research papers to the present Volume. The Karatoya Volume 14 is refereed, blind peer reviewed, and rigorously edited and reviewed at each point in the process of its publication.

First and foremost, we take this opportunity to extend our sincere gratitude to our Honourable Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Finance Officer for their constant support and guidance for accomplishing this academic task. In addition to this, we also extend our appreciation and gratitude to our colleagues of the Department of History for all their advice and cooperation for ensuring a smooth publication of this journal.

We also extend our token of appreciation and thanks to all the officials and the staff of the North Bengal University Press for their cooperation and constant involvement in a time bound printing of the journal.

 

Prof. Bijoy Kumar Sarkar (Editor-in-Chief)

Verma Priyadarshini, Ph.D. (Associate Editor)



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    Situating Crime and Administration of Law and Order in Colonial Bengal: A Study of Jalpaiguri (1869-1947)
    (University of North Bengal, 2021-03) Barman, Tushar Kanti
    Crime and violence manifests in many ways and various factors have been responsible for crime and violence. Jalpaiguri has been a late history to the development of administrative changes and in the formative years of colonial administration, the district had witnessed widespread crime and criminal activities in miscellaneous forms; such as dacoity, murder, theft, burglary, and affray, riots etc. To prevent such types of crime the administrators as well the society have followed different techniques. Henceforth, police and judicial administration had played a crucial role for maintaining law and order. The present paper aims to study the nature of crime, criminals and the system of law and order in colonial Jalpaiguri.