Inception, Evolution and Spread of Communalism in Jharkhand (1950-84)

Authors(1) :-Prakhar Kumar

For a long time, the tribal society of India has been struggling with existential threats due to the influence of external cultures. The state of Jharkhand, when it did not exist as a new state, till today the tribal community is transforming due to social, economic, political and cultural reasons. Due to this, their water forest and land based identity has been broken and its dangers are also increasing.Post partition, these tribal identities were converted into religious identities and appropriated by the state and communal organisations. The causes, nature and result of these converting identities and their appropriation furnishes is the main historicity in this field.

Authors and Affiliations

Prakhar Kumar
M.A in Modern Indian History and NET (2019), Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India

Inception, Evolution, Spread, Communalism, Jharkhand

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 4 | Issue 1 | January-February 2021
Date of Publication : 2021-01-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 18-22
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ120333
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

Cite This Article :

Prakhar Kumar, "Inception, Evolution and Spread of Communalism in Jharkhand (1950-84)", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp.18-22, January-February.2021
URL : https://gisrrj.com/GISRRJ120333

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