Navtej Singh
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Papers presented at a seminar on '150 years of Namdhari Movement : a recontemplation', held at Patiala on 7th May 2008.
Documents, apart from other forms of evidence, are the major basis for the construction of historical account of any specific space and time. Fortunately for the scholars of modern Indian history there is abundance of written evidence. But the access to all source material remains a difficult hurdle due to a number of circumstances. The political sensitivity remains a major check on the retrieving of documents. Udham Singh’s case was one such example. The ...
The study of Colonialism remains a fascinating arena of historical scholarship not only because it has its bearings on the present day society that necessitates its reinterpretation but also the fact that there are certain areas which have not been covered at the regional level. Famine is one such phenomenon though studied at the all-India level, yet its nature and manifestation at the local level demands further analysis. In that sense this inquiry fills the ...