Department of History

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The Department of History was established in the year 1964, just two years after the foundation of this University. The history of this department is indeed decked with the contribution of many academicians, teachers, research scholars, students, non-teaching members, and others. In 1965, with the initiative of Professor Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, the then Head of the Department, a University level museum, primarily intended for collecting, preserving, and exhibiting objects of Indian art and antiquity, was founded and named after Akshaya Kumar Maitreya, the famous historian of the colonial period. It is one of the very few History departments of our state which in its syllabus has well-delineated specializations pertaining to the ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary periods. For more than five decades, this department has produced able students, researchers, teachers, and a number of academicians who have received acclamation from every nook and corner of the country. Now the department offers Post Graduate, M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses, besides, giving NET/SET coaching, remedial classes. The department also conducts Study Tour every year for the fourth semester Post Graduate students. It also received various seminar and research grants from UGC, ICSSR, etc. time to time. Significantly, it publishes a peer-reviewed and UGC approved journal, known as Karatoya. The Department has organized a number of special lecture programmes by eminent historians and academicians. From the year 2019, the department has also initiated a monthly Faculty Lecture Programme with a view of sharing the research orientations of the in-house faculty members.

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    Khas-kura Nepali and Cultural Consolidation in Darjeeling Hills: A Genesis
    (University of North Bengal, 2015-03) Ghosh, Sujit
    With the opening of Tea Industries by British tea planters gradually altered the racial composition of Darjeeling hills. Immigration of plantation labor hailing from Nepal had .been a major factor of the changing of racial composition of Darjeeling hills .. Multi-ethnic Nepali community became the majority people in Darjeeling hills. The preponderance of Nepali in Darjeeling hills, the Nepali or Khas-kura speaking people gradually conscious to unify and consolidate on linguistic basis. An attempt has been made to search the emergence of culture, literature and the process of cultural Consolidation of the Nepali or Khas-kura speaking people in Darjeeling hills.
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    From Forest Wealth to Timber Trade: A Trajectory of Change in Forest Policies under the Colonial Rule in North Bengal
    (University of North Bengal, 2016-03) Ghosh, Sujit
    From time immemorial, Forest played an important role in maintaining ecology as well as in fulfilling the human needs. In the Mauryan period realising the importance of the vast forest tracts the Mauryan ruler took rigid step to protect the Forest Wealth. In the Colonial regime from the mid 19th century, impetus was given to the development of communication and transport system in North Bengal. A portion of North Bengal was covered with dense forest consisting of valuable trees. Prior to the Colonial rule the use of principal forest produce for commercial purpose was not in vogue in the North Bengal region. For serving the Colonial needs the forests of North Bengal were exploited by the Colonial Government. The Colonial masters generated a handsome profit by utilizing the forest resources of North Bengal. Here an attempt has been made to represent the use of principal forest wealth i.e. different kinds of wood or timber for commercial purpose in Colonial North Bengal.