Catalogue of the Papers of Prof. Pramod Kumar Srivastava
OF CONTEMPORARY INDIA Catalogue Of The Papers of Prof. Pramod Kumar Srivastava Plot # 2, Rajiv Gandhi Education City, P.O. Rai, Sonepat – 131029, Haryana (India) Prof. Pramod Kumar Srivastava Renowned historian and a pioneer in the field of oral history, Prof. Pramod Kumar Srivastava was born on 7 October 1952 at Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. Prof. Srivastava received his initial education at King Edward Government Inter College, Deoria, U.P., and obtained a Master‟s degree from the Department of Western History, University of Lucknow, UP. He obtained his doctorate on „American Imperialism in Philippines‟ (1983), and D.Lit. on the „Struggle for Existence of British Colonies of South Pacific Islands, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Islands of New Hebrides and Tonga‟ (1990) also from the University of Lucknow. He initially joined the Western History Department of Lucknow University as a Research Associate (1983), was appointed lecturer (1994), promoted as Professor in 2007, retired as its Head in 2015, and after retirement, became Emeritus Fellow (UGC), 2015-2017. During his distinguished teaching and research career, Prof. Pramod Kumar Srivastava headed many research projects such as „Oral History of Freedom Struggle with special reference to Ex-Andaman Freedom Fighters, 1921-1947‟ for Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, (1991); „Segregating Dangerous Ideas: Colonial and Criminal Justice in the Andaman Islands, 1898-1948‟ as UGC Major Research Project (2006-2010); and „Political Protests from Behind the Bars: Escapes, Assaults, Work and Hunger Strikes in British Colonial Prisons‟ as UGC-Emeritus Fellow (2015-2017). He is acclaimed for documenting the role and experiences of political prisoners transported to Cellular Jail, Andaman Islands during the colonial rule.
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