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Prizes 78th Session

This document lists the winners of various prizes awarded at the 78th session of the Indian History Congress. It provides information about 12 prize winners including their registration number, institution affiliation, place of study, email address, and the title of their winning paper. The prizes honor different historians and cover a wide range of topics related to Indian history from the 7th to 20th centuries.

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Prizes 78th Session

This document lists the winners of various prizes awarded at the 78th session of the Indian History Congress. It provides information about 12 prize winners including their registration number, institution affiliation, place of study, email address, and the title of their winning paper. The prizes honor different historians and cover a wide range of topics related to Indian history from the 7th to 20th centuries.

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Prizes 78th Session

Professor Vijay Kumar Thakur Memorial Prize


Dev Kumar Jhanjh, AM-26406
JNU, Delhi
Title of Paper: Akṣaśālika, Akṣaśālin and Suvarṇakāra as the Engravers of Copper Plate Charters of
Odisha (c.7th-11th Centuries CE)
[Link]@[Link]

Professor J.S. Grewal Prize


Damut Skhem Umdor, AM-27567
Nehu, Shillong
Title of Paper: Technological Progress in the Pre-Colonial Khasi Society
umdord@[Link] 

Professor Partha Sarathi Gupta Memorial Prize & Professor J.C. Jha Memorial Prize
Somdatta Chakraborty, AM-26784
Saltlake City, Kolkata
Title of Paper: ‘Striking Work’: Defiance and Resistance by the Land Transport Workers and Water
Carriers of Colonial Calcutta and Bengal
somdatta19@[Link] 
&
Isha Dubey, AM-27528
Patna, Bihar,
Title of Paper: Navigating the Outsider/Established Divide: Muhajirs in East Pakistan through the
Columns of the Daily Pasban
ishadubey26@[Link] 

Professor Sudhir Ranjan Das Memorial Prize


Zainab Hussain, AM-27712
AMU, Aligarh
Title of Paper: Symbol of Authority: Architectural Study of Minar-i-Jam and Qutb Minar
zainabhussain5@[Link] 

Professor Papiya Ghosh Memorial Prize


Madhulagna Halder, AM-26735
JNU, New Delhi
Title of Paper: Cultures of Violence: Calcutta in the Times of Naxalbari 1970-75
[Link]@[Link] 

Dr Gyaneshwari Devi Memorial Prize


R Lakshmi, AM-24106
JNU, New Delhi
Title of Paper: Piṭāri Temples and the Legacy of Women in the Early Medieval Period: A Study of the
Cōḷa Queen Sembiyan Mādēviyār
lakshmihist16@[Link] 
Dr I.G. Khan Memorial Prize
Suvobrata Sarkar, AM-21212
Burdwan, West Bengal
Title of Paper: Electricity and the Traditional Bengali Society: Colonial Calcutta’s Encounter(s) with
a Modern Technology
[Link]@[Link]

Dr Nasreen Ahmad Memorial Prize


Lekshmi Chandran C P, AM-27640
JNU, New Delhi
Title of Paper: The Matrilineal Households within the Brahmanical Social Order in Pre-Colonial
Kerala: a Study of Maṇipravāḷaṃ Literary Sources from c.13th to 15th Centuries
lekshmichandran111@[Link] 
 
Professor B.B. Choudhuri Prize
Sunny Ruchi Ecka, AM-27598
Hyderabad, Telangana
Title of Paper: The Making of a ‘coolie’ and a ‘coolie catchment district’: A history of Ranchi district
and its inhabitant from 1830-1920
ruchiekka@[Link] 

Professor M Athar Ali Memorial Prize


Professor Laxman D. Satya, AM-27154
Pennsylvania, USA
Title of Paper: ‘The Political Economy of Famines in the 19th Century: A Case Study of Berar
Deccan in a Comprehensive Perspective’
satyalaxman32@[Link]

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