Narendra Krishna Sinha

Review – Humayun in Persia

By Narendra Krishna Sinha

The article reviews the monograph *Humayun in Persia* by Sukumar Ray, M.A., published by the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal. The main argument of the work is that Humayun’s sojourn in Persia, though…

Review: The Cabinet Mission in India

By Narendra Krishna Sinha

This review by N. K. Sinha evaluates The Cabinet Mission in India, edited by Prof. A. C. Banerjee and D. R. Basu. The reviewer quotes Mahatma Gandhi’s remark that the Cabinet Mission’s announcement…

Reviews (Books)

By Dineshchandra Sircar, Anukul Chandra Banerjee, Chintaharan Chakravarti, Narendra Krishna Sinha, Dasharatha Sharma

The review section offers critical assessments of recent scholarly books. A. C. Banerjee’s ‘The Eastern Frontier of British India’ is praised for its exhaustive study of British policy on the…

North West Frontier Tribes under Ranjit Singh’s Sway in 1837

By Narendra Krishna Sinha

This brief historical note explores the state of the North West Frontier tribes under Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s rule in 1837. Using records from the Imperial Record Department, it recounts how the Sikh…

Reviews

By Dineshchandra Sircar, Mano Mohan Ghosh, U. N. Ghoshal, Chintaharan Chakravarti, Narendra Krishna Sinha, S. K. Saraswati, Amareswar Thakur

Hyder Ali’s Relations with the Marathas, 1769-70

By Narendra Krishna Sinha

Hyder Ali's relations with the Marathas during 1769-70 were marked by escalating tensions and military confrontations. The Marathas, led by Peshwa Madhav Rao, sought to challenge Hyder's territorial…

Reviews

By Dineshchandra Sircar, Nalinaksha Dutt, Chintaharan Chakravarti, Narendra Krishna Sinha, A. B. M. Habibullah, U. N. Ray

Prof. P. V. Bapat’s *Vimuttimagga & Visuddhimagga: A Comparative Study* (1937) analyzes the relationship between Upatissa’s *Vimuttimagga* (Chinese translation by Seng-chie-po-lo, 505–520 CE) and…

Hyder Ali’s Relations with the Marathas (1766–67)

By Narendra Krishna Sinha

Hyder Ali’s Relations with the Marathas (1766–67) reconstructs the complex diplomacy and warfare between Hyder Ali of Mysore and the Maratha confederacy during the mid‑1760s. The author uses official…

Hyder Ali’s Relations with the British Government

By Narendra Krishna Sinha

Focusing on the years 1769–75 between the Anglo‑Mysore wars, this paper reassesses Hyder Ali’s dealings with the British East India Company. The 1769 Treaty of Madras ended the First Anglo‑Mysore War…

The Durrani Menace and the British North-West Frontier Problem in the Eighteenth Century

By Narendra Krishna Sinha

The article analyses how the Afghan Durrani empire’s expansion into northern India created a strategic dilemma for the British East India Company in the late eighteenth century. After the Company…

Ranjit Singh and the North‑West Frontier Problem (Based solely on the records in the Imperial Record Department)

By Narendra Krishna Sinha

Focusing on the early nineteenth century, this article examines Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s policy toward the north‑west frontier of his Sikh empire. When Ranjit Singh became the leader of the…

Ranjit Singh's Civil Administration

By Narendra Krishna Sinha

Ranjit Singh's civil administration centered on a robust fiscal system, with the Punjab divided into districts managed through leasing, direct administration, or revenue farming. The fiscal…