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Vidyasagar’s Role in the ‘Age of Consent’ Controversy: A Retreat from the Earlier Reformist Zeal or An Attempt to Emancipate the Child-Wives?

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Author: Partha Mukherjee Research Scholar(Ph.D) Department of History Vidyasagar University Midnapore,West Bengal Email: parthafiddler@gmail.com Abstract:The Age of Consent Bill generated heated controversy throughout India, particularly in Maharashtra and Bengal. The Nationalist leaders like Tilak considered it to be a direct intervention in the ‘private sphere’ of...

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Vidyasagar’s Bangalar Itihas: a Reflection on his Thoughts and Times

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Author: Sayantani Maitra Research Scholar (Ph. D) Department of History Jadavpur University Kolkata,West Bengal Email: sayantani.maitra@gmail.com Abstract:The second half of eighteenth century Bengal Presidency witnessed an armed resistance against the British Raj. The warlike activities of these militant peripatetic armed monks is popularly known as Sannyasi- Faqir...

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The Language Issue and the Bengali Muslims through the Ages

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Author: Chhawang Subba Assistant Professor Department of History University of Gour Banga Mokdumpur,Malda,West Bengal Email: csubba0082@gmail.com Abstract:From the 6th century BC onwards, Buddhism and Jainism were established as a protest movement against Brahmanism religion. Buddhism and Jainism spread to different parts of India. Among these Buddhism and Jainism...

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The Development and Extinction of Buddhism in Ancient North Bengal

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Author: Kalikrishna Sutradhar Research Scholar Department of History Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University Shankar Mandal Rood,Cooch Behar,West Bengal Email: kali993348@gmail.com Abstract:From the 6th century BC onwards, Buddhism and Jainism were established as a protest movement against Brahmanism religion. Buddhism and Jainism spread to different parts of India....

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