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Volume 06 No. 01 : March, 2017

EDITORIAL

The areas of historical research are ever on the expansion mode and historical inquiries are at present always widening propelled by ' globalization ' and advanced by ' infonnation technology ' . In fact, now a day anybody may do historical research on any aspect of human society at any period of time. This is likely to echo the forecast of Arnold J. Toynbee whose Civilization on Trial lifted the historian's horizon from the nation, the state and the civilization to the entirety of human history. This seems to be a kind of prophetic forecast about historical research and a befitting reply to those who consider history as nothing but a ' telephonic directory'. Because the ' truth ' (but not 'absolute truth') behind history is that ' we cannot learn anything from history by merely initiating it or repeating it but by prying behind it and trying to discover the forces that move it'. It is, therefore, time to get to work and the work done by the historians, which in Reiner's phrase is ' the story of civilized human society down to the present day' . With this perception of the growth of history as a discipline many of our col leagues and friends are engaged in pursuing historical research and the production of this journal titled Karatoya (No 1th Bengal Journal of History) is out of such initiatives. The present volume contains articles on various aspects of history. In particular, most of the articles are designed on the studies of social, cultural, political and economic aspects based on both primary and secondary sources. The views expressed in those articles are, however, the views of the authors themselves and are in no way of the editorial board.

ln the process of publication of this volume, I am obliged to offer my thanks first to the authors who had responded readily and contributed papers as per their specialization. It is also my privilege to express gratitude to each and every member of the faculty and especially to Mr. Sudash Lama, the Associate Editor of this volume. My heartiest thanks are due to Ranj an and Moksed, once our students of the Department, who spent many of their valuable hours for compiling the artic les and also to assist me in deferent occasions while I had to complete the editorial process. l wish them every success in their life. I am also to extend my thanks to the University Authority for their kind financial assistance towards the publication of the journal. Last but not the least, in terms of importance, is my duty to thank the Registrar, University ofN01th Bengal and the university press for undertaking the responsibility to bring the journal in the present form.

Prof. lchhimuddin Sarkar
Editor-in-Chief

Volume 06 : March, 2013

ARTICLES

Sarkar, Bijoy Kumar
Sun Worship in Assam and Bengal: A Peep into Comparative Study
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Idris, Mohammad
Society of Medieval Punjab as Reflected in the Bani of Guru Nanak
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Dey, Palash
Culture of Tobacco Smoking in Mughal India: A Historical Analysis
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Mishra, Amal Kumar
The New Face of Islam (Two Muslim Shrines in Eastern India) Kaipadar and Jahania Pir
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Ambreen, Ainee
Peasant in History of Kashmir
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Ghosh, Tirthankar
Women, Nation and Society: Reflections from a Late Nineteenth Century Bengali Travelogue
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Pal, Joydeep
Role of the Cooch Behar State Regency Council (1922 - 1936)
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Barman, Rup Kumar
Changing Nature of Identity of the Backward People of Assam: A Study on the transition of 'tribal identity' of the Koch-Rajbanshis to the 'constitutional tribe' through a backward caste
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Debnath, Sailen
European Trade and Colonial Economy in the Growth of Modern Indian Cities
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Das, Sankar Kumar
The Swadeshi Movement in Contai: Zamindars and Women
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Sarkar, lchhimuddin
States woman ship and Birth of a New Nation in South Asia (Reflections on Smt. Indira Gandhi's role in the emergence of Bangladesh)
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Ananth, V.Krishna
Regional Identities and its Implications on the Notion of National Identity: Some Observations on the Linguistic Reorganisation of States
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Dasgupta, Koushiki
Beauty, Body and Modernity: Understanding Feminism in Contemporary India
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Ghosh, Raghunath
Epistemic Value of Memoir: Some Reflections
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Das, Kantilal
Language, Cross-cultural communication and Reality
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