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Aspects
of Indentured Inland Emigration to North-East
India (1859-1918)
J.C.
Jha |
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| ISBN |
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8173870373 |
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| Year
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1996
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| Pages |
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206 |
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| Size
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8.5"
X 5.5" / Hardcover |
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| Price |
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Rs.
350 |
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| Availability |
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Yes |
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Indentured inland
emigration to North-East India in the nineteenth and
early twentieth century has not received the attention
of the historians as much as it deserves. This study
is a modest attempt to focus on some important factor
both push and pull responsible for this exodus. It
sheds light on the process of recruitment, transport
through road, rail and river and the working of the
emigration laws and gives a glimpse of plantation
life and the process of mending and ending the system.
Based mainly on archieval material this work shows
how the tea planters, the colonial government and
the local government combined to exploit the meek
and docile non Assamese immigrant labour in North
East India.
In view of popular protest against the system, the
Indian Government decided in 1911 to stop the recruitment
of unskilled labour for inland passage to the tea
gardens of Assam, Duars, Tripura and so on. They gave
the mandatory two years notice to the Indian Tea Association
for the end of the system in 1913. However it continued
upto the end of the First World War.
At a time when "History from below" and
"Subaltern Studies" are drawing the attention
of historians, the presentation of the sad story of
these indentureds seems relevant and interesting.
It is hoped that this work will inspire further studies
on this theme with special reference to the plantation
life in North-East India and the legacy of the Tea
industry from British Raj to Swaraj.
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| Abbreviations
Glossary
Preface
- Introduction
- Causes of Migration
- Laws Regulating Indentured Emigration
- Recruitment of Lobourers
- Transportation of Emigrants and Working of Depots
- The Aftermath
- Conclusion
Appendices I to XI
Bibliography
Index
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Professor
J.C. Jha had a Uniformly brilliant academic career.
He secured merit scholarship at different levels.
He did his M.A. from the Patna University in 1952,
Standing first and became a lecturer in his alma matter
the same year. He is a Ph. D. from the University
of London 1961. He became a reader in History in 1963
and in 1964 he was supervisor of studies in the National
Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.
From 1970 to 1976 Prof. Jha served as professor of
Indian Studies in the University of the west Indies
: during 1977-78 he was Director, Institute of Correspondence
Course in the Patna University and from 1978 to 1992
he was Professor of History in the same University.
From 1985 to 1989 he was head , Department of History
in this University and during 1990-92 he was on deputation
to the K.P. Jayaswal Research Unstitute, Patna as
its Director.
Prof. Jha has participated in several national and
international seminars in India and abroad. As a member
of UNESCO's Expert Committee for writing the History
of the West Indies he attended its meetings in he
Dutch west Indies and former British West Indies.
Prof. Jha lectured in Venezuela, Barbados and several
other countries in the west. He was visiting Professor
in the universities of Nagpur and Magadh. He organised
a number of national seminars and as the coordinator
of UGC's Curriculum Development Centre in History
in Patna University, he prepared a report which the
UGC published and circulated to all Indian Universities.
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