Department of History


About the Department: -

The Department of History was established in the year 1959 CE with Late Punaram Gogoi as the Founder Teacher. The department has been enriched by the relentless dedication and services of the early teachers like Late Sibaram Bora, and Late Umacharan Hazarika. In 1982 CE, the Major courses were formally introduced for the students of the department, and teachers like Shri Liaquat Ahmed, Shri Arup Kumar Borthakur, Late Dr. Ranjit Ranjan Saikia, and Late Prantanu Thakur built on the foundations laid by the founder teachers. The Semester system was introduced in 2011 CE and the CBCS courses were started from 2019 CE respectively. The current faculty strength of the department is four. The names of the faculty members are as follows:
1. Dr. Bikash Nath
Assistant Professor and Head.
Years of service: 11 years.
Area of Interest: Labour History, Nationalism, Social History.

2. Mr. Martin Youah
Assistant Professor
Years of service: 1.5 years.
Area of Interest: Film Studies & Cultural Studies.

3. Dr. Gautam Das
Assistant Professor
Years of service: 1.5 years.
Area of Interest: Gender, Social History.

4. Dr. Ambuj Thakur
Assistant Professor
Years of service: 1.5 years.
Area of Interest: Area Studies (East and Southeast Asia, Northeast India), Connected Histories.

Departmental Publications (Megazines, Books etc.): -

Kareng: The Printed Magazine
The Department of History has published its departmental journal ‘Kareng’ in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
Khamzang: The Handwritten Magazine
The Department has published its first handwritten magazine Khamzang on 27/06/2022.
Kareng: The Wall Magazine
The Wall Magazine of the department has been published continuously from 2017 as part of the Inter-departmental Wall Magazine Competition instituted by C.K.B. College Teok annually.
Deconstructing Truth in History
Dr. Bikash Nath , Assistant Professor & Head, Department of History, C.K.B. College, Teok
Tea Plantation Workers of Assam and the Indian National Movement: 1921-1947
Dr. Bikash Nath , Assistant Professor & Head, Department of History, C.K.B. College, Teok

Faculty Members

Dr. Bikash Nath
Assistant Professor
Email - bikashstuti78@gmail.com
Phone - 8011823069
  
Martin Youah
Assistant Professor
Email - mrtnyh@gmail.com
Phone - 7002292775
  
Dr. Gautam Das
Assistant Professor
Email - gautamau77@gmail.com
Phone - 6002411556
  
Dr. Ambuj Thakur
Assistant Professor
Email - ambujtoday@gmail.com
Phone - 7577951361
  

Results so far : -

Major Course/Honourse Course:-
YearAppeared1st Class2nd ClassSimple
20237600
20226310
2021131120
202013490
201926360
2018175110
20173210
20162110



Pass Course/Non Major Course
YearAppeared1st Div.2nd Div.Simple
202014950
20195130
20181001
20172110


Academic/Research/Extension activities of the Department : -

YearNature of ActivityTitle of the Projects Undertaken
2023Academic ActivityPublication of the Departmental Printed Magazine 'Kareng'
2023Academic ActivityFarewell Meeting for the Batch 2020-23
2023Book & Xorai Donation by the Students of the Batch 2020-23Books & Xorai Donation by the Students of the Batch 2020-23
2023Academic ActivityScreening of Documentary on "The Vijaynagar Empire"
2023Academic ActivityDepartmental Orientation Programme
2023Academic ActivityObservation of International Indigenous Day
2023Academic ActivityA Lecture on 'Culture, Assimilation and Indigenous People of Assam: A Way of Social Change
2023Academic ActivityHandwritten Magazine 'Khamjang' Launch Event
2023Academic ActivityLaunched its Inter-departmental Wall Magazine 'Kareng'
2023Academic ActivityLaunched the First Ever Audio Book/ Audio Magazine of C.K.B. College, Teok
2023Academic ActivityThird Dr. Ranjit Ranjan Saikia Memorial Lecture
2023Extension ActivityThe Importance of Studying History
2023Extension ActivityA Special Lecture on History in nearby school
2023Academic ActivityField Trip to Various Archaeological sites of Golaghat District, Assam
2023Extension ActivityHome Visit conducted by the Department.
2023Research ProjectData Collection for the Departmental Minor Research Project 'The Level of Consciousness among the Parents of C.K.B. College, Teok about the Subject of History'
2023Research ProjectSubmission of Departmental Minor Research Project
2023Extension ActivityLecture on the History of India's Constitution
2023Academic ActivityWorkshop on 'Preparation of Field Study Report'
2022Academic ActivityScreening of BBC Documentary "Into the Light"
2022Academic ActivityScholarly Lecture on ‘Petroleum Price Hike and Its Impact on Everyday Life’
2022Academic ActivityScholarly Lecture on ‘Srimanta Sankardeva: A Study’ by Dr. Chitra Duarah
2022Academic ActivityScholarly Lecture on ‘Significance of the Bolshevik Revolution and Its Relevance in the 21st century’
2022Academic ActivitySecond Dr. Ranjit Ranjan Saikia Memorial Lecture on ‘Asomiya Jati Aru Eyar Oititjyo’
2022Academic ActivityInter-disciplinary Class with the Department of Sociology, C.K.B. College, Teok on ‘Caste in Modern India’
2022Academic ActivityFelicitation of Department’s Alumni for their achievements
2022Academic ActivityInter-disciplinary Class with Department of Education on ‘Education System in India from Ancient to Modern’
2022Academic ActivityA Special Talk on 'Aideo Handique and the Making of Assamese Cinema'
2022Academic ActivityInauguration of Khamzang: The Handwritten Magazine
2022Extension ActivityThe Department of History, C.K.B. College, Teok, in association with the Alumni Association, Department of History, C.K.B. College, Teok, organised a day – long an extension activity programme at Kawoimari Higher Secondary School, Kawoimari, Teok, on 29/04/2022 (Friday). The event materialised out of prior communication between Mr. Ranjit Kumar Dutta, the Headmaster, Kawoimari Higher Secondary School, and Dr. Bikash Nath, Head, Dept. of History, C.K.B. College, Teok. The team from C.K.B. College, Teok, was represented by Dr. Ambuj Thakur (Asst. Professor, Dept. of History), Mr. Pranjal Dutta (Secretary, Alumni Association, Dept. of History), Mr. Akash Bora (B.A. 2nd Semester student, Dept. of History) and Ms. Shruti Boruah (B.A. 2nd Semester student, Dept. of History). The day started with a Tree Plantation ceremony at the school premises with Mr. R.K. Dutta, Dr. Ambuj Thakur, Mr. Pranjal Dutta and Mr. Ramen Sarma (Headmaster, Kawoimari L.P. School) respectively. It was followed by the
2022Extension ActivityOne - Day Extension Activity at Kawoimari H.S.School, organised by Dept. of History
2021Academic ActivityInauguration of Departmental Wall Magazine
2021Departmental ActivityFormation of History Association
2021Academic ActivityCombined Research Project on ‘A Study on Rural Women Livelihood under the NRLM and its Contribution to their Socio-Economic Development with Special Reference to Kaliapani Development Block, Jorhat District.’
2021Academic ActivityTeam Teaching Class on ‘Recritiquing History in Amitav Ghosh Novel the Shadow Lines’ by Mainu Teronpi, Assistant Professor, Department of English, C.K.B. College, Teok
2021Academic ActivityA Field Trip to Sivasagar and Charaideo
2021Philanthropic ActivityFree Book Distribution Ceremony
2021Philanthropic ActivityFree Book Distribution Ceremony
2021Academic ActivityTwo Scholarly Lectures
2021Academic ActivityFirst Dr. Ranjit Ranjan Saikia Memorial Lecture on ‘Tools, Technology and Social Formation during Ahom rule in Assam’
2021Academic ActivityA Scholarly Lecture on 'History of Dictionaries in Assam'
2021Research ProjectDocumenting the Past: A Study of the Oral Historical Traditions in the Teok Revenue Circle, Jorhat District,Assam.(2021)
2021Academic ActivityScholarly Lecture on ‘Higher Education & the Marginalized Tea Community in Assam with special reference to Golaghat & Jorhat districts’ by Dr. Deepanjali Goswami
2021Academic ActivityScholarly Lecture on ‘Origin & Growth of International Relations As An Academic Discipline’ by Ranju Devi
2021Academic ActivityWebinar on ‘Cholera Among the Tea Plantation Workers in Colonial Assam’
2021Academic ActivityA Talk on ‘Freedom Struggle in Assam’ Organised by Department of History, C.K.B. College, Teok Under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
2021Academic ActivityCreated a YouTube channel for e-learning purpose
2021Academic ActivityDepartmental Freshman Social
2021Academic ActivityTeam Teaching on ‘Background of the First World War’ by Monika Mili, Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Political Science, C.K.B. College, Teok
2021Academic ActivitySpecial Lecture on ‘The Silk Route in Historical Context’ by Dr. Ambuj Thakur Department of History, C.K.B. College, Teok
2021Academic ActivityPopular Talk on ‘Reading Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya’s Protipod in a Patriarchal Society’ by Tonmoyee Rani Neog, J.B. College, Jorhat
2021Academic ActivityPopular Talk on ‘Writing about Global Non-Human Past: A Note from India’s North-east’ by Dr. Bikram Borah, Department of History, Bahona College, Jorhat
2021Academic ActivityDepartmental Alumni Meet
2020Academic ActivityA Scholarly Lecture on 'The Change in the forms and patterns of Western English Literature with special reference to historical phases'
2020Academic ActivityCombined Departmental Research Project
2020Research ProjectHealth, Education and Tea Garden Workers: A Study of Jagduar Tea Estate of Jorhat District
2020Academic Activity National Webinar on 'POLITICS OF IDENTITY AND NATIONALITY IN NORTH EAST INDIA'
2019Academic ActivityA Field Visit to Kolkata & Digha
2019Research ProjectThe Sociology of Health Among the People of the Three Villages-2 No.Gosain Gaon, Banaria Mishing Gaon , Kumarbheti of the Kawoimaree Revenue Village (Teok Revenue Circle-Jorhat)(2019)
2019Academic ActivityA Talk Programme in memory of 'Eminent Anthropologist Prof. A.C. Bhagawati'
2019Academic ActivityA Team Teaching on 'Sankardeva and the growth of Neo-Vaishnavism in Assam’
2019Academic ActivityA Team Teaching on 'Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Ancient World'
2019Academic ActivityA Popular Talk on ‘How to do historical research at undergraduate level of study'
2019Academic ActivityA Talk Programme in memory of ‘Dr. Pradip Kr. Sharma’
2018Research ProjectThe Reification of the Neo-Vaishnavism and the space of the Satras in Post-industrial society: An Analysis with special reference to the Aunaiti Sattra (2018).
2018Academic ActivityA Field Visit to Majuli
2018Extension ActivityStudent Home Visit
2018Academic ActivityTalk on 'The Application of Science and Technology in the study of History'
2017Academic ActivityA Popular Talk on 'Problems and Prospects of Tourism'

Activities/Achievements of the Faculty Members: -

YearName of FacultyActivities/Achievments
2023Dr.Bikash NathPresented a research paper titled The Meaning and Philosophy Behind the Questions of Self-Reliance (Atmanirnharata): Post-Independent India&apos Narrative of Progress, in ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar .13-14th October,2023 ,C.K.B.College ,Teok
2023Dr.Bikash NathParticipated in the National Seminar on Technical Terminology in Assamese Language and Culture ,23 September ,2023 ,C.K.B. College ,Teok.
2023Dr.Bikash NathThe Praxis of Freedom as the Construct and its Aberrations: A Dilemma in Modern Political Society ,in Prabahini : an annual magazine ,Vol.XXIX of Chandra Kamal Bezbaruah College, Teok (edited by Pranjal Hazarika),C.K.B.College,Teok
2023Dr.Bikash NathThe Little Community of Women and their Capacity to Perceive the Praxis of Democracy: A Study ,in Panchali ,a bilingual collection of articles ,edited by Ms.NizaranBoruah & Dr.Debananda Boruah ,published by Women Cell (affiliated to ACTA),C.K.B.College,Teok .ISBN-978-93-94379-68-8 .2023
2023Dr. Ambuj ThakurPresented a paper titled Indias ACT East Policy - Tracing the Nuances of Policy - making in a Multi - polar World in a ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Atmanirbhar Bharat - Opportunities and Challenges for North East India, 13 – 14 October, 2023.
2023Dr. Ambuj ThakurNational Seminar on ‘Technical Terminology in Assamese Language and Culture’, 23rd Sep., 2023.
2023Dr. Ambuj ThakurParticipated in and successfully completed the Professional Development Programme on ‘Implementation of NEP¬2020 for University and College Teachers’ organised by the Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education, INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, New Delhi, and obtained A + grade (12 – 20 June, 2023).
2023Dr. Ambuj Thakur“The Theoretical Foundations of the Traditional Chinese Society in the Late Qing Period (1840 – 1911), published in D. Boruah and N. Boruah (eds.), Panchali: A Bilingual Collection of Articles, Jorhat: Women Cell, C.K.B. College, Teok (2023), pp. 109 – 131.
2022Dr. Ambuj ThakurLecture on Popularising the Study of History at the Secondary Level Schools, organised by Department of History, C.K.B. College Teok; Alumni Association, Department of History, C.K.B. College Teok at Kawoimari H.S. School, Teok, Jorhat, Assam (28 April 2022).
2022Dr. Ambuj ThakurAttended a Workshop on “Current Issues in Intellectual Property Rights in India”, organised by IQAC, C.K.B. College, Teok, (27 – 28, May, 2022).
2022Dr. Ambuj ThakurRadio Interview on the topic “Key events in the freedom struggle leading to India’s Independence”, at All India Radio, Dibrugarh (16 August, 2022). https://youtu.be/edggbS6mG6A, https://youtu.be/OaddeAMZ1oM.
2022Dr. Ambuj ThakurResource person for a Panel Discussion on “Eastern Borderlands: Rethinking Livelihood, Security and Connectivity in the digital age”, organised by The Borderlens: Beyond the Lines, Shillong, (19 September, 2022)
2022Dr. Ambuj ThakurPresented a paper titled “Witnessing Museums through the Lens of Connected Histories” (17 May, 2022): Paper presented at a State-level Seminar on the theme ‘Museum as a Tool of Heritage Documentation’, jointly organised by the Jorhat District Museum, Indigenous and Tribal Faith and Culture Department, Govt. of Assam and the Punaram Gogoi Memorial Museum and Research Centre, of C.K.B. College Teok.
2022Dr. Ambuj Thakur“The Southern Silk Route and India’s Northeast in History” (18 October, 2022): Online popular lecture organised by Anaajoree Trust, Guwahati.
2022Dr. Ambuj Thakur“The Ancient Indian Education System: Essence and Continuity”, published in B. Nath and M. Teronpi (eds.), Panchali: Jiwan – Manan – Sikshan, Jorhat: Women Cell, C.K.B. College, Teok (2022), pp. 15 – 22.
2022Dr. Ambuj Thakur“Borders and Borderlands: Integration vs Assimilation”, online article published in the portal The Borderlens, September 12, 2022.
2022Dr.Bikash NathThe Women and the Subject of Development in India: A Post-Enlightenment Dilemma ,in Panchali: Jiwan -Manan-Sikshan -a bilingual collection of articles ,edited by Dr.Bikash Nath & Mainu Teronpi, published by Women Cell (affiliated to ACTA),C.K.B.College,Teok .ISBN-978-93-92394-05-8.2022
2022Dr.Bikash NathDocumenting Women as the Structural Revelation : The History of Social Everything ,in Emerging Echoes ISSN-2230-7443 ,A Peer Reviewed Journal of Centre for Women&apos Studies ,Kakojan College, Jorhat ,Assam. Vol.IX,2022
2022Dr. Bikash NathDr.Bikash Nath : Deconstructing the Truth in History-A Bunch of Critical Essays (Eastern Book House, Guwahati-2022)
2022Dr.Bikash NathThe Culture of Protests in the Birnchi Kumar Barua&apos Seuji Pator Kahini: A Social Reflection over Time ,in The Watchword ,ISSN-2321-189X Annual Journal :Vol-ix .Assam College Teachers Association ,Jorhat Zone.
2021Martin YouahParticipated in the workshop entitled NAAC Awareness Programme (NAP) For Assessment and Accreditation ,IQAC ,CKB College ,Teok 10/4/21
2021Ambuj ThakurThe Historicization of Medieval Assam (Translated from the original Assamese article of Dr.Bijoy Krishna Pachani) 2021
2021Ambuj ThakurPeople: One River , Many Cultures (World Bank -2021)
2021Ambuj ThakurGovern: Framework for Co-operation ,World Bank ,Washington DC 2021
2021Ambuj ThakurPresented a paper NEP 2020 : A Holistic Approach at Jorhat Central College 2021
2021Dr. Bikash NathDr. Bikash Nath: The Untold Story of Formation of Nation and Nationality in Medieval Assam ,in New Thinking New Horizon - a biligual collection of research articles -2022
2021Dr. Bikash NathPresented a paper on The Rebel Bankuru Chaora and his Silent Revolution in the Santak Tea Estate (Sibsagar)
2021Dr. Bikash NathPresented a paper on The Discourse of the Modern and the Parables of Growth in the Economy-A Study of the Post-Colonial India’s Transition to the Modern
2021Dr. Bikash NathPresented a paper on NEP 2020- A Holistic Approach Through a Historical Perspective on Ancient India
2021Dr. Bikash NathDr.Bikash Nath:The Aura of the Gandhi Led Political Discourse in the Early 1920s and the Struggle of the Subalterns in the Tea Gardens of Assam : a contrast in reflection, in Amit Bhowmik(ed.): Plantation Workers in India-Issues and Challenges (Mittal Publications , New Delhi-2021),pp.297-326
2021Dr. Gautam DasPaper Publication Issue of Gender Inequality and Tea Garden Women in Jorhat, Panchali, 978-81-950641-2-0
2021Martin YouahPresented a paper entitled "Problems and Prospects of Rural Tourism in the Development of Rural Regions with special reference to three Shyam Villages of the Titabor Subdivision, Jorhat, Assam" organized by the IQAC, C.K.B. College, Teok in Association with DUTA, Dibrugarh University, Assam and Assam College Teachers Association, Jorhat Zone dated 3rd and 4th December, 2021
2021Martin YouahPresented a paper entitled "Equitable and Inclusive Education: A Study of Egalitarianism in New Education Policy of India
2021Martin YouahParticipated in the workshop entitled Epigraphy with Special Reference to Pathalipathar Inscription ,District Museum Jorhat ,2-3 Nove.2021
2020Dr.Ambuj Thakur Witnessing Museums Through the Lens of Connected Histories ,in State Level Seminar ,organized by the District Museum and Punaram Gogoi Museum and Research Centre ,CKB College ,Teok 17th May ,2022
2020Ambuj ThakurThe Covid-19 Pandemic 2020
2020Dr. Bikash NathDr.Bikash Nath: Beyond the Nationalist Frame of the Idea of Struggle : the context of the subalternity of the Tea workers as mediation , in Rudraman Thapa & Pushpa Champia(eds): Politics of Identity and Assertion of Tea Communities in Assam (DVS,Guwahati-2020),pp.26-50
2019Ambuj ThakurPublished a paper Tracing the Evolution of the Coinage of the Ahom Kingdom (2019)
2019Dr. Gautam DasChapters Published in Books: Assomot Upanibeshik Yugor Aarambhani, Page: 9-24 in Assomor Rajnity: Otit aru Bortoman, 2019, (Assamese) , ISBN-978-93-89559-45-3
2019Dr. Gautam DasChapters Published in Books: Politics in Assam History and the Present ( English) Early Colonial Period in Assam Page: 7-28, ISBN-978-93-89559-45-3
2019Dr. Gautam DasPaper Publication Issue of Marginality and Tea Garden Women in Assam, India Page: 413-424, The Research Journal of Social Sciences American-Eurasian Network For Scientific Information, Volume 10 , Number 6, ISSN 0025-1348 (P), 2456-1356 (O), June 2019 volume 10 number 6
2019Dr. Gautam DasPaper publication: Debating Colonial Polities and welfare of Tea Garden Workers in Assam, India Page: 676-687 in International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR), Volume 6, Issue 2, May, 2019, (E-ISSN 2348-1269, P- ISSN 2349-5138
2019Dr. Bikash NathPresented Paper on The Conditions of Governance and the Verified Extraction of Knowledge in a Colonial Ideological State Apparatus ICSSR Sponsored Seminar ,Kakojan College ,21 and 22 Oct.2019
2019Dr. Bikash NathPresented Paper on The Meaning of the Arrival of Mahatma- A Detexualized Moment of Enlightenment ,National Seminar Organized by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts & Dept.of History,Dibrugarh University ,15-16th Oct.2019
2019Dr. Bikash NathParticipated in the five day workshop on Re-Org-2 Documentation from 11th to 15th Oct.2019 at District Museum ,Jorhat organized by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
2019Dr. Bikash NathParticipated in the One Day Workshop on NAAC Awareness Programme (NAP) for Assessment and Accreditation organized by IQAC ,CKB College, Teok 10th April 20121
2018Ambuj ThakurThe Tibetan Dilemma (2018)
2017Dr. Bikash NathPresented a paper on The Dialogical Interventions of Gandhi’s Critique of the Modern Commons : An Unfinished Dialogue with the Civilization of his Time
2017Dr. Bikash NathPresented a paper on Jyotiprasad Agarwala and the Politics of the Search for Truth
2017Dr. Bikash NathPresented a Paper on Liberalism , the Question of the Sustainable Development and the Challenge to the Discourse of Environmental Degradation: A Critical Reflection
2017Dr. Bikash NathPresented Paper on The Myth Around the Inflow of FDI and the Growth of the Capacities for Interpretation of Freedom: An Overview of Underdeveloped NER at the UGC Sponsored National Seminar organized by the Dept.of Commerce , CKB College ,Teok ,16th-17th Oct.2017
2016Dr. Bikash NathDr.Bikash Nath : Tea Plantation Workers of Assam and the Indian National Movement ,1921-47 (Primus Books , New Delhi-2016)
2016Dr. Bikash NathParticipated in the One Day Workshop Under UGC GDA Grant Competence Building Initiatives on