Author: Meena Barkataki

Dr. Meena Sharma Barkataki is a retired Associate Professor in History. She received her PhD from the University of Pune in 1984. Dr. Barkataki started her career as a lecturer in history in A. D. P. College, Nagaon and later as a senior lecturer in B. Borooah College, Guwahati from where she retired in 2012. She is closely associated with historical research. She has over 200 research articles scattered in research journals, magazines, newspapers and books to her credit.

The other side of Saraighat

ByMeena Barkataki February 27, 2021 0 Comments
Saraighat, situated in the western extension of the Ahom kingdom, emerged as a place of importance in the seventeenth century. During that time, the political map of Assam was under a constant state of fluctuation due to the repeated invasions of the Mughals. Saraighat was separated from Gargaon, the Ahom capital, by a distance of nearly 320 kilometres. The present Saraighat, a part of greater...

Life of the British in Colonial Assam

ByMeena Barkataki February 13, 2021 0 Comments
Assam was brought under the British colonial bondage in 1826, as a right, legalized by the Treaty of Yandaboo. Her eventual liberation came collectively in 1947 along with the other Indian powers. The British left the land as the situation became such that no treaty or engagement could prolong their occupation and stay here.  The British were the fourth in the row of the European powers to...

Position of Women in Ahom Age

ByMeena Barkataki January 30, 2021 0 Comments
The period which opened with the coming of Sukapha (1228 A.D) and ended with the deposition of Purandar Singha (1838 A.D), is generally known as the Ahom age. This period not only witnessed a gradual subjugation of the Brahmaputra valley, from the eastern frontier, by a race of conquerers of Asiatic origin, but also, their eventual elimination from the political authority by a process of...