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Episode 5

Modernisation of Indian Agriculture under Late Colonialism

For the fifth and final episode of FAS Young Scholars’ Corner Season 2, we spoke to Sandipan Baksi, Director, Foundation for Agrarian Studies, about the colonial administration’s role in the modernisation of Indian agriculture during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Reading List:

1.

Tilling the Land: Agricultural Knowledge and Practises in Colonial India – Deepak Kumar and Bipasha Raha

2.

The Impact of Agricultural Research in British India – Carl E. Pray

3.

A History of Agriculture in India, Volume III: 1757-1947 – M. S. Randhawa

4.

Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India – Prakash Kumar

5.

The Hindi-Speaking Intelligentsia and Agricultural Modernisation in the Colonial Period – Sandipan Baksi

6.

The Dissemination of Modern Agricultural Knowledge in the Colonial Period: A Review of the Marathi Monthly Shetki aani Shetkari – Sandipan Baksi and Tushar Kamble

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