Communist Reformers in West Bengal: Origins, Features, and Relations with New Delhi

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-102
Author(s):  
Atul Kohli
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
New Delhi

Electoral Competition and the Gorkhaland Movement

2018 ◽  
pp. 99-112
Author(s):  
Bethany Lacina
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Electoral Competition ◽  
National Government ◽  
Mass Movements ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Local Autonomy ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
The West ◽  
Personal Power

This chapter examines movements for greater local autonomy in Darjeeling since India’s independence. Political leaders generally mobilize to demand autonomy during periods of heightened electoral competition. These movements tend to fade when electoral competition is low. When mass movements have won autonomous institutions for Darjeeling, movement leaders have used these institutions to repress local electoral competition. Without electoral pressure, incumbent leaders in Darjeeling are feckless in pressing autonomy demands. Both the national government in New Delhi and the West Bengal state government in Kolkata have encouraged the anti-democratic features of Darjeeling’s autonomous institutions as a means of maintaining stability. I make this case by showing the parallels in the careers of Deoprakash Rai, Subash Ghisingh, and Bimal Gurung. Each leader de-escalated demands for Darjeeling’s autonomy as his personal power consolidated.

Brevipalpus obovatus. [Distribution map].

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Distribution In Europe

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu. Acarina: Tenuipalpidae (privet mite). Attacks many plants including Citrus, apple and other fruits, cotton, tea. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Asia, China, India, Assam, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, New Delhi, Punjab, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Iran, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Yemen, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, USSR, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Tadzhikistan, Ukraine, Africa, Algeria, Angola, Azores, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Central African Republic, Egypt, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Australasia and Pacific Islands, Australia, Queensland, South Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, New Zealand, Vanuatu, North America, Canada, USA, Central America and Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Mexico, South America, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela.

India: Regional Political Developments: Anjali Ghosh: Peaceful Transition to Power: A Study of Marxist Political Strategies in West Bengal 1967–77. Firma KLM, Calcutta, 1981, 174 p., Rs. 80

1984 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-247
Author(s):  
Ranajit Roy ◽  
Anjali Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Political Strategies ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir

BALRAJ PURI: Jammu and Kashmir: Triumph and Tragedy of Indian Federalisation. Sterling Publishers, New Delhi 1981, x, 280 p., Rs. 90

scholarly journals Impact Assessment of Block Level Agro Advisories for Saving Input Cost of Farmers under Old Gangetic Plains of West Bengal - A Case Study in Malda

2020 ◽  
pp. 86-96
Author(s):  
Debjyoti Majumder ◽  
Rakesh Roy ◽  
F. H. Rahman ◽  
B. C. Rudra
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Monsoon Season ◽  
India Meteorological Department ◽  
Weather Forecast ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Medium Range Weather Forecast ◽  
Net Returns ◽  
Block Level

Biweekly block level Agromet bulletins were disseminated based on medium range weather forecast with an objective to assess the effectiveness and usefulness of Block level Agro Advisory Services (AAS) and quantify the economic benefits through adopting the micro scale agromet advisory in their day to day agricultural operations at Malda, West Bengal. Two farmers groups were considered for the study on the basis of adoption and non-adoption of the agro-met advisories. Crop situation of these farmers were compared with nearby fields having the same crops where forecast were not adopted among non AAS farmers. The entire cost incurred along with yield and net returns were calculated from sowing to marketing of goods. Similarly, the weather forecast and actual weather data received from India Meteorological Department, New Delhi were compared to verify the accuracy of rainfall forecast for the year 2019-20 at GKMS centre, Malda KVK, West Bengal. It was apparent that the value of ratio score was higher during winter (84%) than pre-monsoon (80%), post-monsoon (79%) and monsoon (74%). However, the value of threat score was also found maximum during pre-monsoon season (79%). Statistical analysis like correlation coefficient, RMSE values of wind direction were found too high in all the four seasons to accept any homogeneity in the predicted and observed values. Blockwise verification of rainfall over the year showed the range of accuracy forecast for rainfall in between 67–76%. This forecast directly had a significant role in profit generation among the AAS adaptive farmers whose additional profit enhancement for maize cultivation was between 12% and 19% only towards cost of irrigation as compared to non-adaptive farmers. The study also showcased that the AAS adaptive farmers had a better livelihood as compared to non-AAS adaptive farmers.

NEW AMS 14C DATES OF A MULTICULTURAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE FROM THE PALEO-DELTAIC REGION OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA: CULTURAL AND GEO-ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

Radiocarbon ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Nabanita Naskar ◽  
Kaushik Gangopadhyay ◽  
Susanta Lahiri ◽  
Punarbasu Chaudhuri ◽  
Rajveer Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Humid Tropics ◽  
Age Dating ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Absolute Age ◽  
Calendar Dates

ABSTRACT This study is on the absolute age dating of a multicultural site of Erenda, East Medinipur district, in coastal West Bengal, India. Charcoal samples were collected and measured using the accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility at the Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, India. These samples were collected from secured stratigraphic context of two excavated trenches. A careful collection of samples from two trenches provided us with the first calendar dates, 950 BCE and 1979 BCE, of protohistoric sites in coastal West Bengal. These calibrated calendar dates not only have wider significance in terms of archaeology but also methodological implications to understand the relevance of application of AMS from the dynamic coastal landscape in the humid tropics during the late Holocene period.

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