Transformations on the Bengal Frontier
Subtitle: Jalpaiguri 1765-1948 (Soas London Studies on South Asia)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: January 6, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780700714087
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Colonization & independence; Economic history; Social history; 20th century; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - General History; History: World; India; General; History / Asia; Asia - General; Asia - Southeast Asia
First sentence: This chapter will attempt to give a description of that geographical area of north Bengal which became the British district of Jalpaiguri after the Anglo-Bhutanese war of 1865.