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Title: Second Dr. Ranjit Ranjan Saikia Memorial Lecture on ‘Asomiya Jati Aru Eyar Oititjyo’
Start Date: 2022-05-14   End Date: 2022-05-14   Duration: 1 days
Nature of the Activity: Academic Activity
Summary: <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-style: italic; color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-weight: bold;">Second Dr. Ranjit Ranjan Saikia Memorial Lecture on ‘Asomiya Jati Aru Eyar Oititjyo’<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Second Dr. Ranjit Ranjan Saikia Memorial Lecture on ‘Asomiya Jati Aru Eyar Oititjyo’&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;.</span><div><font color="#38761d" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b><i><br></i></b></span></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b style="">The identity of the Assamese people in a great historical tradition formed out of the conglomeration of the varied tribes who since time immemorial had arrived in the territorial -cultural complex of Assam as it is known today. Earlier when the dynastic or legendary routes of history had been beginning ,this land was known as Kamaraupa -Pragjyotishpura and those names had also been mentioned in the epics and the first&nbsp; famous book of the political economy Kautilya&#39;s Arthasastra .The Barman dynasty and its connecting link with the north Indian politics gave a new groundwork to the formation of the regional cultural basis of the Kamarupa with a strong cultural context of the main land India and since the rule of the Salastambha and the Pala kings , the name of Kamarupa as the distinct cultural entity had taken a new shape . Throughout the thirteenth century , the political structure had given strong support to the formation of a distinct entity through cultural activities and with the establoshement of the Ahom dynasty that process had taken a new shape. The nationality question had been taking a deep shape with the arrival of the Colonialists like the Britishers and through their modern systems of adminitration and education , the mewly formed midlle class tried to ventilate their demands in new forms of public sphere . Prof. Sharma very beautifully summed up the distinctions and the unique character of the unified notion of the nationality .<br></b></span></font><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><br></span></div></div>
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