Introduction :      The study of the past in Northeast India has always required a close and productive relationship between History and Anthropology. Unlike many other parts of South Asia where written chronicles, inscriptions and administrative documents form the backbone of historical reconstruction, much of Northeast India developed sophisticated systems of memory and knowledge transmission without extensive written records. For centuries, communities across the region relied on oral traditions, ritual performances, clan genealogies, sacred landscapes and customary practices to pass down information about their origins, migrations and political structures. When British colonial officials entered the region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, they produced a large archive of ethnographic writings that attempted to document tribal life. Over time, archaeology also emerged as an important discipline, revealing material evidence that allowed scholars to push ...

Introduction : The book 'Oral Tradition As History’ is a notable work in the field of study about Oral History and Oral Tradition. The book was originally published in 1985 and published by the University of Wisconsin Press of Wisconsin, England. The book contains a total of 256 pages divided into seven chapters, each chapter again divided into various sub-sections. As the name suggests, the main discussion of the book is basically on Oral Tradition as a source of history.     In the preface, the writer Jan Vansina put forward his consideration of Oral Traditions not only as the documents of past, but also the expressions of present as the Oral Traditions carries a message that are told in the present. To convey this idea of Oral Tradition as a fusion of past and present , he used an African proverb “Tete are ne ”(ancient things are today), which beautifully depict his idea. Keeping the view in mind that “all human thought and memory operates in the same way everywhere an...

  Growth and Development of Press in Colonial India : #Acts over press/newspapers in Colonial India #Various Newspapers #Imapacts and contributions of newspaper to the National Movement The history of the newspaper in India starts only with the East India company. In the mediaeval time, also there were news writers, but they were mainly concerned with the recording of the events in various parts of the country and kept the Central Government posted with those development. It was only in 1780 that the beginning of press in India, was made when Hickey started India's first weekly paper entitled “Bengal Gazette”.In the colonial period in India  newspapers served as potent tools of communication, enlightenment, and resistance. From their nascent beginnings under British auspices to their transformation into powerful vehicles of nationalist sentiment, the development of Indian newspapers reflects the dynamic interplay between colonial control and indigenous agency. The evolution of...

  POPULAR MASS MOVEMENTS IN COLONIAL PERIOD (1857-1947) Contents The Revolt of 1857 The Swadeshi Movement The Non-Cooperation Movement The Civil Disobedience Movement The Quit India Movement The colonial period is one of the most important parts in the history of modern India which shaped the future of the country. The British, who initially came as traders, established a very powerful colony over the course of the time. With power and politics, India became a colony for the Britishers who were exhausted of their resources by them. Over the course of their rule, there had been many displeasures among the Indians on the way their colonial rulers being ruling them. The Indians, couldn’t being able to take the exploitation, rebelled from as early as the 19 th century.  Throughout this period, there has been many rebellions against the British Raj. Some argues that the war for independence actually began from the revolt of 1857 which ignited the sense of nationalism. However, thi...