Articles on Historical Context
Famine and Irrigation in Ganjam District (1866-1902)
By Minati Sahu · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 1997
South Orissa in the late nineteenth century faced severe agrarian backwardness, frequent famines, and inadequate agricultural production, exacerbated by insufficient irrigation infrastructure. Ganjam district, reliant on rainfall-dependent agriculture,…
Muzaffarnagar during the Revolt of 1857‑1858
By Dharma Bhanu · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1952
The article "Muzaffarnagar during the Revolt of 1857-1858" examines the 1857-1858 uprising in the Muzaffarnagar district, arguing that it was neither a mere Sepoy Mutiny nor a unified War of Independence, but rather an unorganized revolt of dissatisfied…
Nababakhanakhanacaritam
By V. W. Karambelkar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1952
The article introduces the Nababakhanakhanacaritam, a Sanskrit campu poem composed by Rudra Kavi in the early seventeenth century. It explains that little Sanskrit literature from the Mughal era survives and lists Rudra Kavi’s extant works, which include…