Tribe-British Relations in India

Maguni Charan Behera, M.A., Ph.D. (Economics) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has been pursuing researches on tribal studies and rural economics from mid-1980s. He has authored/edited/co-edited more than 30 volumes on socio-economic and cultural life of tribal and rural people from theoretical and empirical perspectives. To his credit, he has more than sixty research papers on national and international topics published in various national and international journals. He has presented about sixty-five papers in national and international seminars/conferences in the country and abroad. He is a member of many professional bodies. Dr. Behera was a professor of Indigenous Culture Studies and Dean School of Cultural Studies, Central University of Jharkhand, before he joined as a director of Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

1.Revisiting Tribe-British Relations: Tribal Worldview and Colonial Ideology at PerspectiveMaguni Charan Behera    Part I Mindscape  
2.Engaging with Tribes of Eastern Kumaun in Colonial EraAnil K. Joshi3.The Journey from Isolation to Interaction during British Raj: Case of Natives in AndamanKaustav Das & Koel Mukherjee4.Indira Goswami’s The Bronz Sword of Thengphakhari Tehsildar: A Critique of the British Colonialism and its ResistanceBinda Sah  & Laxmi Kumary 5.Institutionalisation of Dobhasi: The British strategy for the Naga tribes in North East India Avitoli G. Zhimo6.Myth and Reality of Colonial Conciliation: British   Officials and Relations with Paharias (1772-1785)Dinesh Narayan Verma 7.Revisiting J. P. Mills’ portrayal of Changki Ao NagaTiasunep  8.The Naga Mind: Colonial Encounter and ReligionTiatemsu Longkumer
Part II Revisiting Tribe-British Relations  9.Revisiting Naga Resistance to British Colonialism: A Study of A Naga Village Remembered and Related Historical TextsNigamananda Das 10.The Raz, the Rajas and the Bhuiyans: Revisiting the Kenonjhar Rebellion of 1867 and its impact on BonaiPravat Mallick 11.A Critique of Colonial Interpretation of the Santal Insurrection of 1855-1856Dinesh Narayan Verma12.Participation of Tribes of Nabarangpur District, Odisha in Freedom Movement Bijaya Kumar Misra13.Revisiting Kol Revolt, 1831-32Seema Mamta Minz & PrernaChoubey14.Bhils of Southern Rajputana during British RajShilpi Doodwal15.Against the British: Kandha Leadership in Ghumsar Uprising (1753-1856) Shyama Prasad Mishra16. Colonisation of Manipur: Cause, Process,  Native Resentment and ResistancePremmi Wahengbam

Part III Recreating Identity 
17.Rulers, Criminals and De-notified Tribe: A Historical Journey of the Meenas Madan Meena18.Colonial Construct of Criminal Tribes - Piramalai Kallar and Narikoravar of Tamil NaduLipika Ravichandran19.Colonial Administration in Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas of Undivided Assam with Special Reference to Lushai HillsJangkhongam Doungel 20.Colonial Construction of an Imaginary Line: Revisiting the Inner Line Regulation in MizoramAyangbam Shyamkishor21.The coming of the British and its impact on the local administration in the Khasi Hills Dhiraj Kumar Borkotoky22.‘Agency’ and Nature of Policy Driven Administration in Tribal Areas of Colonial Andhra Vulli Dhanaraju