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Productivity Challenges in Colonial India: Entrepreneurial Insights from the Cotton Textile Industry (1890-1940)

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Author: Shankhajit Sen PhD Research Scholar Department of Economics University of Calcutta Kolkata,West Bengal,India Email: shankhajitsen12@gmail.com Abstract::Abstract:Despite persistent low productivity in India’s colonial textile industry, little is known about whether entrepreneurs themselves recognised these challenges and proposed solutions. Through a thematic...

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Unraveling the Threads of Prosperity: An Analysis of Textile Centres in Gujarat(17th-18th Century)

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Author: Rakesh Mandal Research Scholar Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh,Uttar Pradesh,India Email: mandalrakesh8244@gmail.com Abstract::Abstract::This paper attempts to explore Gujarat, a region in western India, which assumed a pivotal role regarding textile production. The region’s textile industry was characterized by producing highquality...

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Women, Nationalism and the Historical Concern of ‘Gaze’ in Satyajit Ray’s Devi and Charulata

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Author: Debaleena Basu Research Scholar Department of History Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan Birbhum ,West Bengal ,India Email: debleena2000basu@gmail.com Abstract::Abstract:This paper explores the gendered politics of gaze and representation in colonial Bengal through Satyajit Ray’s (1921-1992) films Devi and Charulata. It discusses how these films provide a lens to...

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Harish Chandra Mukherjee: A Saga of Social Awakening

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Author: Bipasha Raha and Pintu Das Professor Department of History Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan Birbhum ,West Bengal ,India Email: bipasha.raha@visva-bharati.ac.in Research Scholar Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan Birbhum ,West Bengal ,India Email: pintudas5233@gmail.com Abstract::Abstract:Harish Chandra Mukherjee (1824–1861) was a pivotal figure in the sphere of...

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Ram Brahma Sanyal: The First Zoo-Biologist of the World

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Author: Dr.Subhayu Chattopadhyay Assistant Professor Department of History Visva-Bharati,Santiniketan Birbhum,West Bengal, India Email: subhayu_india@rediffmail.com Abstract::Abstract:T:The Indian forests, inhabited with wild animals, always posed a thrill and/or a challenge to the colonial rulers of India, thereby making ‘hunting’ as their favourite sport. With...

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