The Banjaras


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The Banjara


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Social life and customs of the Lambadi, nomadic tribe in Vidarbha Region, Maharashtra.




Banjaras of Medieval Deccan


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This book speaks about one of the itinerant communities of medieval Deccan. This help students and scholars in historical and sociological study about one of the medieval communities and culture. This book is an attempt to bring awareness about migrating communities and their culture. It may not contribute scholars in doing research on massive scale but may give some idea about nomadic, itinerant and migrating communities of medieval Deccan and also about their culture. Though scope might not be massive but try to bring issue comprehensively. In the study of medieval migrations, culture and settlements in deccan the reader may assess the conditions prevailed by then.




Tribal Education in India


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India has the largest tribal population in the world. A major factor that can bring transformation in the overall condition among tribal population is education. Education is the only primary agent which can help individuals overcome income barriers, and expand the horizon of the community when it comes to making career choices, personal growth, build confidence, and a sustained development. Education alone is a chief avenue that will upgrade the economic and social stature of the Scheduled Tribes. Indian state has taken measures to raise the literacy levels among Scheduled Tribes; however, there are many miles to reach out as the issues and challenges faced by them remain unaddressed in terms of attaining education and development. This book tried to fill the gap and made a modest attempt to understand the concerns and problems faced by them in accessing the state sponsored modern educational system.




Ethnography of a Denotified Tribe


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Tribes of India


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The Transition to a Colonial Economy


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According to widespread belief, poverty and low standards of living have been characteristic of India for centuries. Challenging this view, Prasannan Parthasarathi demonstrates that, until the late eighteenth century, labouring groups in South India, those at the bottom of the social order, were in a powerful position, receiving incomes well above subsistence. The decline in their economic fortunes, the author asserts, was a process initiated towards the end of that century, with the rise of colonial rule. Building on revisionist interpretations, he examines the transformation of Indian society and its economy under British rule through the prism of the labouring classes, arguing that their treatment by the early colonial state had no precedent in the pre-colonial past and that poverty and low wages were a product of colonial rule. The book promises to make an important contribution to the economic history of the region, and to the study of colonialism.




VASANTRAO NAIK : A PIONEER IN POLITICS AND THE FATHER OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION


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Research and Analytic Book ,“VASANTRAO NAIK: A Pioneer In Politics And The Father Of Agro-Industrial Revolution” Volume-One is written and edited by the author, Dr. Dinesh Sewa Rathod to review the family, social and political inception of the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra State & MP, Hon.Vasantrao Phulsing Naik alias Hajusing Naik. He is one of the truly enigmatic personalities on the contemporary Indian political canvas. So that the footsteps of the political career of such a great Statesman could be written on the pages of history and in order to record his historical and revolutionary work and as inspired by this unique intuition, the author has written this book based on the perspective and parameters of research at national and international forums. During the three consecutive terms as Chief Minister for eleven years, Vasantrao Naik has made Maharashtra at the forefront of India in terms of sustainable and balanced development materializing distinctiveness and strong faith in democratic values.Through the democratic decentralization, as an Epoch Maker, Vasantrao Naik's political upheaval in political tenure by empowering the roots of grassroots democratic political processes and in order to review the creation of the new Maharashtra State through various political principles, socialism and considering his political tenure of more than three decades with competent leadership and foresight in times of adversity and crisis, the author has attempted to analyze above issues of Vasantrao Naik's revolutionary work for Maharashtra's overall development. Through the Agro-Industrial and Green Revolution, Vasantrao Naik accelerated the process of social and agricultural development of Maharashtra State with his socio-political management, the ideology of an ideal ruler and prudent nationalism. As a successful Statesman, his diplomacy carved a distinct identity not only in the politics of Maharashtra but also in India. An overview of the implementation of plans and policies in each of his tenures as Chief Minister for the overall development of a prosperous Maharashtra state is chronologically included in this volume. His Vasantism: Ideology and Fundamentals, principles of humanism, realism and socialism in politics and his four main principles of political policy - broad social interest, implementation of socialist economy, democratic approach and individualistic approach have brought the reader to know how the advanced Maharashtra State emerged, has been systematically analyzed here. Due to the validity of the explanatory framework of Vasantrao Naik's constitutional and development- oriented performance, using appropriate research methodology and techniques by author under an institutional framework of theoretical information and guidelines, with the information and the appropriate conclusions, the personality of Mahanayak, Vasantrao Naik, as a pioneer of Indian politics, a knowledgeable diplomat and as an accomplished king of peasants, Banjara-tribe, the father of agro-industrial revolution and architect of modern Maharashtra, will continue to emerge with great force not only in front of the people of Maharashtra but all over the world. Hence, Vasantrao Naik will continue to enrich abundantly in ages to come.




Military Manpower, Armies and Warfare in South Asia


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Roy investigates the various factors that influenced the formation and mobilization of military forces in the region from 300 BC to the modern day.




Coolies, Capital and Colonialism


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Endogamy, the custom forbidding marriage outside one's social class, is central to social history. This study considers the factors determining who married whom, whether partner selection changed over the past three hundred years and regional differences between Europe and South America.