Assam and the North-East
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The Hindification of East India
Bihar, Odisha, Assam, and now Bengal: the old Bengal Presidency votes as a single saffron block. A century after the bhadralok forced Curzon to reunite Bengal, their grandchildren have completed…
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Two Colonisations, One Border: What the Data Actually Says About Bengal’s Post-1971 Demographic Story
X.T.M argues census data tell two stories of demographic change in eastern India: Bengali Hindus settled Tripura with state sanction, while Muslim growth in Assam and Bengal border districts is…
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India’s Eastern Face: Where Civilisation Dissolves Instead of Ending
X.T.M argues that India’s eastern edge differs from its hard northwest, northern and southern boundaries: it thins instead of ending. He says Indic culture spread to Southeast Asia through merchants…