Karatoya : North Bengal University journal of History

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Karatoya: North Bengal University Journal of History publishes research ARTICLES and SHORT NOTES in English on History and its allied sub-disciplines and is published annually. It considers original research articles based on interpretation of freshly retrieved information or re-interpretation of existing database on the subjects. Review articles based on critical assessment of published database on specific themes are also accepted. Karatoya is a refereed and peer reviewed journal, published annually by the Department of History, North Bengal University. This is also an UGC approved journal of Arts and Humanities with serial No. 42512.

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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.