Indomitable Panchanan: an Objective Study on Rai Sahib Panchanan Barma

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The book dealing with the life and activities of Rai Sahib Panchanan Barma, a person of multilinear qualities is a valuable document on the socio-economic-political history of the region called North Bengal, a part of ancient Kamrup and the community known as Rajbanshis of North Bengal. It contains-

Socio-cultural history of the ethnic group Rajbanshis- their social position in the caste based society

Panchanan Barma’s education

His association with Rangpur Sahitya Academy that characterized his literary life reflected from Rangpur Sahitya Patrika, the mouth-piece of the Academy

His appearance as Social Reformer through the formation of Kshatriya Samiti in Rangpur

History of caste movement, movement for re-Kshatriyaisation of the Rajbanshis

Activities of Kshatriya Samiti obtained from the Samiti documents

Panchanan’s political life as reflected from the proceedings of West Bengal Legislative Council

Comparative analysis of caste-ism based social movement by Panchanan Barma Vs social movement through caste annihilation by Dr. B.R. Ambed

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sukhbilas Barma

An efficient bureaucrat, Dr. Sukhbilas Barma, a member of Indian Administrative Service continued his deep love and passion for the cultural history of his own community. Born and brought up in the rural background of Krishnapur, a remote village of Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, characterized by serpentile mountain-fed perennial rivers, Dr. Barma pursued his passion of singing acquired from his childhood in the folk song popularly known as Bhawaiya and Chatka and got recognition as a Grade-I performer of folk song by All India Radio. His quest for the beauty, strength and genesis of traditional music made him an ardent scholar of the Ethnomusicology of Bhawaiya and Chatka, which resulted into the doctoral thesis for Ph.D. awarded by Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. Presently, Dr. Barma has been posted as Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agricultural, Governent of West Bengal.