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Indigo and the Making of Colonial Agrarian Capitalism in Bengal: Peasant Resistance, Credit and Rural Power, c. 1830–1860

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Author: Swagatam Khan Independent Scholar Bhopal, India Email: swagatam91@gmail.com Abstract: The expansion of indigo cultivation in nineteenth-century Bengal constituted a significant episode in the transformation of colonial agrarian relations. Although the Indigo Revolt of 1859-60 has generally been remembered as a major confrontation between European planters...

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Maghnowa Dol: A Historical Study of Ahom Architecture

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Author: Akash Protim Boruah Assistant professor (Guest) Department of History D.K.D College Assam,India Email: akashboruah51@gmail.com Abstract: Maghnowa Dol, located at Padampur near Narayanpur in Lakhimpur district of Assam is a monument associated with the architectural history of the Ahom period. The temple is notable for its plan, dome-shaped sikhara, brick...

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From Regional Ruler to National Icon: Shivaji Maharaj between Early Modern Statecraft, History, and Nationalist Imagination

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Author: Aditya Sriastava Independent Scholar B.A.Programme Dyal Singh College (Morning) New Delhi,India Email: adityarubyji@gmail.com Abstract: This paper examines how Shivaji’s historical persona as a strategic thinker, administrator, and state-builder was reinterpreted across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to generate nationalist consciousness, culminating...

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