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ISSN 0972-3781 JOURNAL OF REGIONAL HISTORY Vol. XXII (New Series), 2016-17 DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY AMRITSAR ( i ) JOURNAL OF REGIONAL HISTORY Refereed Journal (Blind Referring) (UGC Approved Journal No. 40796) Online : wwwgndu.ac.in Editor Prof. Amandeep Bal Board of Editors Prof. Amandeep Bal Prof. Bir Good Gill Advisory Board Prof. J.S. Grewal, Chandigarh Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, New Delhi Prof. Irfan Habib, Aligarh Prof. Kirpal Singh, Chandigarh Prof. Mohinder Singh, New Delhi Prof. Gurinder Singh Mann(USA) Prof. Himadri Banerjee, Kolkata Prof. S.S. Hans, Chandigarh Prof. Shireen Moosvi, Aligarh Prof. Sucheta Mahajan, New Delhi ( ii ) CONTENTS Editor’s Note I.D. Gaur Mahan Singh Dhesi Annual Lecture: 1 Forgotten Makers of Panjab: Discovering Indigenous Paradigm of History Paru Bal Sidhu Reconstructing Rohira: 23 A Proto-historic Settlement in the Sutlej- Yamuna Divide M.Y. Ganai & A Glimpse of Rural Life in 37 Zameerah Yousuf Kashmir (1846-1947) Bir Good Gill The British and the Challenge of 55 North-West Frontier of Punjab: 1849-1857 Amandeep Bal Khalsa Diwan Society and 63 Gurudwara Vancouver : Precursor of the Ghadar Movement Rohit Kumar The British Recruitment Policy in the 77 Punjab and its Economic Impact (1849-1901) Raj Kumar Inflation, Food Crisis and The Great War: 89 The Punjab Experience (1914-18) Amandeep Kaur Sikh Educational Conferences: 103 Issues And Debates Sunaina Pathania Understanding Migrant –Homeland/ 113 Host Country Linkages: A Case Study of Punjabis in Thailand Kamaljit Kaur Unrest in District Gujranwala 1919 121 ( iii ) Book Reviews Sukhdev Singh Sohal Bhagat Singh’s ‘Jail Note Book’: 135 Its Context and Relevance: Complete Note Book with Additional Notes: Hanging of Bhagat Singh, Vol. V, (Series Editor Malwinder Jit Singh Waraich and Editing and Introduction by Harish Jain), Unistar, Chandigarh, 2016, pp. cvii + 378, Price Rs. 495 (HB) Navtej Singh Malwinderjit Singh Waraich (ed.), Bhagat Singh’s Jail Note Book: Its Context and Relevance, Vol. V, Unistar, 2016, pp. cvii+-378, Rs. 495/- Sukhdev Singh Sohal Amandeep Bal, A Nationalist Muslim in Colonial Punjab: Life and Times of Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew, Unistar, Chandigarh, 2015, pp. viii+180. Rs. 395 (HB). Appendix Ph.D Thesis & M.Phil Dissertations 141 (1974-2017) ( iv ) EDITOR’S NOTE Journal of Regional History since its inception has focused on the social, cultural, economic and political history of the North Western India in general and Punjab in particular. Its objective is to understand the region in the larger canvas of the history of South Asia. It has been an endeavor on the part of the Department of History to provide a forum both to the research students and teaching faculty of the region to publish their work. Continuing with its tradition of well researched articles, the present Journal offers ten scholarly articles and three book reviews. Forgotten Makers of Panjab: Discovering Indigenous Paradigm of History by Prof. I.D. Gaur was delivered as the Mahan Singh Dhesi Annual Lecture on 21.03. 2016. In Baba Farid and Nanak, Gaur finds a paradigm for understanding the history of Punjab, the land of five rivers that evolved in syncretic, social, cultural, linguistic and devotional tradition. Rohira, according to Dr. Paru Bal Sidhu was a proto-historic settlement as it was assessing resources like wood, minerals and stones from various places. Prof. Bir Good Gill has analyzed the challenges posed by the fierce tribes on the North Western Frontier of Punjab between 1849-1857. They dashed to the ground the British dream of subduing the region. Dr. Rohit Kumar has given us a very comprehensive account of the British recruitment policy in the Punjab and how it left far reaching consequences for the people. Prof. M.Y. Ganai and Zamreeah Yousaf have given us glimpse of Rural Life of Kashmir from 1849-1947. They give a very dismal picture of rural life of Kashmir. It was the result of faulty Land Revenue System accompanied by rampant corruption. The Land Settlement of 1893 brought some relief to the peasant though corruption and impunity continued unabated. Prof. Amandeep Bal has explored the life of pioneers and their first institutions Khalsa Diwan Society and Gurudwara Vancouver in Canada, which not only served as centres for religious and cultural exchange, but were also the first centres of political activity. Dr. Raj Kumar has studied the impact of inflation on the people of Punjab during the First World War. The export of food grain in large quantity to war fronts increased its prices beyond the reach of common people. Dr. Amandeep Kaur has studied the role of Sikh Educational Conferences in promoting the women education. ( v ) Kamaljit Kaur has studied the unrest in Gujranwala in April 1919. According to her the dropping of bombs was unjustified as the rioting had stopped. Dr. Sunaina Pathania has done a case study of the Punjabis settled in Thailand. The Punjabis have been assimilated well in the host country though most of them have maintained linkages with their home country. I thank Prof. Bir Good Gill, the member of the Editorial Board for her cooperation. I also thank my colleagues Prof. Radha Sharma, Prof. Sulakhan Singh and Prof. Sukhdev Singh Sohal for their valuable suggestions. My special thanks to family friend Rajiv for going through the proofs of the Journal and to Dr. Raj Kumar for doing the final settings. My special thanks are to the staff of Publication Bureau especially Professor Incharge, Harvinder Singh Saini for speeding up the publication of the Journal. 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