Kolkata: The Bengal assembly repealed five British-era land laws ... but some legal provisions that were still on paper, were repealed under The West Bengal Land Laws (second repealing) Bill ...

In 1833, Purandhar Singh, an aspirant to the throne of the Ahom (Assam) was placed in charge of upper Assam even as lower Assam continued to be under the direct control of the British. In 1836 ...

The last major famine in the British era occurred in 1943, which is also known as the Bengal famine. The famine resulted in two-three million deaths. “We identified 1935-45 as a period under ...