Research

Research Interests

Modern Indian History | Social History | Politics of language and religion | Colonial Histories | British Assam and Bengal 

Research Projects Completed: 1 (ICHR)

Doctoral Supervision 

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Completed

1. Jahnu Bharadwaj (26-12-2014 to 3-8-2020): 'Law, Crime and Justice: Towards an Understanding of Criminal Justice in Colonial Assam, 1826-1905'.

2. Jagriti (August 2018- July 2023): 'Healing at the Edge of the Indian Empire: Empire, Maladies and the Christian Medical Missions in Assam, the North West Frontier Province and Kashmir'.

Ongoing

3. Maithili Tagare (Joined in 2020): 'The Social Identity of Food - Questioning the Existence of a Maharashtrian/Marathi Cuisine'. 

4. Manas Patra (Joined in 2021): 'The Bauri Community of Rarh Bengal: A Socio-economic Study'.

5. Tanisha Bhaduri (Joined in 2021): 'Understanding Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation in West Bengal : 1947-1965'

Masters' Thesis Supervision: 

Completed: 14

Ongoing: 2