Baijayanti Chatterjee

Dr Baijayanti Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor of History at Seth Anandram Jaipuria College, Calcutta University

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A crime history of Bengal: When rivers became a haven for dacoits

9 June 2026, 09:00 AM
This essay examines how colonial exploitation and Bengal's riverine ecology fuelled the rise of nineteenth-century river dacoits.
9 June 2026, 09:00 AM