Notions of nationhood in Bengal: Perspectives on Samaj, 1867-1905
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The impressions of nationhood are explored and redefined as reflected in the Bengali literati's expressions of an empowered identity in tracts, pamphlets and articles in periodicals during the late colonial period. The existing belief of the nation as an artefact of modernity changes, when it is shown that though ideas about nationhood gained a logical and articulated form in the late nineteenth century, its roots may be traced back to the pre-modern era.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2006
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What's become of the pandit? Rethinking the history of Sanskrit scholars in colonial Bengal
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The question 'what's become of the pandit?' expresses an interest in finding out about transformations over time in the activities, experiences, and social placement of pandits in the context of colonial Bengal. It suggests there might be vital reasons why scholars tend to conceptualize the life and work of pandits as they do and becoming aware of these reasons might allow gaining a better perspective on the field of study.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2005
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'The real value of the lands': the Nawabs, the British and the land tax in eighteenth-century Bengal
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The issue of the land tax demand tracing British debates about tax assessments through the first three decades of colonial rule in Bengal is discussed. The complex negotiations of state and society within Bengal and the international flows of political meanings and concepts, capital and credit have created the land-tax, one of the major institutions of the early colonial state in Bengal.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2004
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