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.

International Affairs, India, Services, not elsewhere classified, Literature, Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers, Nationalism, Influence, Social issue, Social conditions, 19th century AD, Nationalism and literature

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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.

United States, Public affairs, Social aspects, Religious aspects, West Bengal, India, Religious scholars

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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.

Taxes, Tax policy, Land value taxation, South Asia

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