Biplab Barman

Identity Politics and Ethnolinguistic Mobilisation in North Bengal: The Rajbanshi Community and the Kamtapur Movement

The Rajbanshis are an indigenous community of northern West Bengal. In the past, they constituted the majority population in North Bengal, particularly in the districts of Jalpaiguri, Rangpur, Dinajpur, the plains of Darjeeling district, and the princely state of Cooch Behar. Bes...

Identity Politics and Ethnolinguistic Mobilisation in North Bengal: The Rajbanshi Community and the Kamtapur Movement

The Rajbanshis are an indigenous community of northern West Bengal. In the past, they constituted the majority population in North Bengal, particularly in the districts of Jalpaiguri, Rangpur, Dinajpur, the plains of Darjeeling district, and the princely state of Cooch Behar. Bes...