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Year : 2022, Volume : 16, Issue : 1to3
First page : ( 40) Last page : ( 53)
Print ISSN : 0974-5041. Online ISSN : 2249-0035. Published online : 2022  04.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2249-0035.2022.00004.3

‘The Historian as an Archivist’: The Pioneering Role of N. K. Sinha in the Field of Economic History of Bengal (1903-1974)

Sardar Akrur*

Assistant Professor in History, Kabi Joydeb MahavidyalayaIllambazar, Birbhum University of Burdwan, Burdwan-731214, West Bengal, India

*Email id: akrur.history@gmail.com

Online Published on 04 May, 2023.

Received:  26  December,  2022; Accepted:  04  ,  2023.

Abstract

This article will look into the genesis of writing economic history in Bengal and aspects of the methodology adopted by Professor N.K. Sinha and his subsequent followers. He developed a deep and abiding faith in empirical history and archival research. I wish to focus on the individual as well as the institution in formulating a new type of history writing in Bengal. He was the indispensable rallying point for students, colleagues, and fellow practitioners of the craft. Extensive use and deep analyses of official archival records and objective emphasis on economic factors are some of the hallmarks with which the ‘Sinha School’ of historiography can be identified.

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Keywords

Economic history, Calcutta school, Archivist, Nationalism.

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