Sinha, A. C.

The Nepalis in Northeast India: A community in search of Indian identity/ A. C. Sinha - 1st ed. - New Delhi: Indus, 2003. - 392 p.

Part I: The Background
1. The Indian Northeast Frontier and the Nepali
Immigrants—A.C. Sinha
2. The Nepalis in Northeast India; Political Aspirations
and Ethnicity—T.B. Siihha
3. Soldiers and Settlers: The Recruitment of Gorkhas
—Imdad Hussain
4. Evolution and Growth of the Nepali Community in
Northeast India—Puriishotlam L. Bhandari
5. Gorkhas' Contribution to External and Internal
Security of India—K.K. Miiktan
6. Contribution of the Nepalis of Northeast India to
the Development of Nepali Literature
—Tek Narayan Upadliaya & Roma Adhikari
1. Human Movement and the Colonial State: The Nepalis
of Northeast India under the British Empire
—Tejirnala Giirimg
8. Fe/-isation of the Nepalis of Northeast India—Sajal Nag
Part II: Predicaments of Existence
9. Being a Nepali in Northeast India: Predicaments of a
'Privileged Nation'—T.B. Subba
10. Conflici-Afflicted Nepalis of Assam: The Reality
—Lopita Naih
11. Othering of the 'Not-So-Other': A Study of the Nepalis
of Assam—Anmdita Dasgupta
12. Nepali Participation in the Electoral Politics of Assam
—Kripa Prasaci b'paclhyaya
13. Gorkha Institutions of Shillong—Sanjay Ram
14. Nepali Literature of Meghalaya—GovindSingh Rawat
15. Nepali Christians in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills of
Meghalaya—Amena Nora Passah
16. The Gorkhas of Mizoram—Kishan Lai Pradhan
17. The Nepalis of Manipur: Movement and Settlement
—G.K.N. Chhetry
Part ni: Issues: Imagined and Real
18. The Myth-Making of Greater Nepal—Kanak Mani Dixit
19. The Quest for-Ekrnpa/a: Unity, Uniformity and the
Delineation of the Nepali Community in Darjeeling
—Rhoderick Chalmers
20. The Indians of Nepali Origin and Security of
Northeast India—A.C. Sinha
21. Epilogue—TB.Subha

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