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The work provides a readable analysis of the economy of British Orissa, Princely Orissa and hill tribes of Orissa. The impact of colonial economy combined with the consequences of fragmentation of Oriya-speaking areas brought about colossal change in the material condition of the people of Orissa. The poverty and starvation had taken root among the common mass of Orissa while a select class lived a parasitic life in abundance of wealth, thriving easy on the ...
Comprehensive History and Culture of Orissa, two volumes (four parts), is an epoch making work in Indian historiography, which for the first time brings under focus the achievements of the Oriya-speaking people in the Indian contest. Almost all the leading scholars of the State have joined together to record the results of their years' of painstaking and meaningful research in a succinct and lucid manner with great objectivity and scholarly insight. Topics on ...
The present book is the first comprehensive account of the economic history of Orissa from 1866 to 1912. It presents a systematic analysis of the Orissa famine of 1866 and the economic changes that occurred in the post-famine period. It was during this period that the economic development of Orissa was ushered in. This pioneering work provides an indepth study of the extreme poverty of the people of Orissa during the British rule. The book will prove a valuable ...
It deals with the entire panorama of land tenure, land reforms and state of agriculture in Orissa during the British rule in India.