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ICHR Special Projects
Towards Freedom Project
The Editorial work on two volumes of the Towards Freedom Project has been completed. These relate to the years 1946, edited by Professor Sumit Sarkar, and 1945, edited by Professor Bimal Prasad. Since then editorial work on the first part of a volume, pertaining to 1939, edited by Professor Mushirul Hasan, has been completed. The documents collected for this volume have been catalogued and entirely word-processed afresh. It is now ready for despatch to the publisher.
The Editorial Board of the Towards Freedom Project meets from time to time to review the progress of the work done on various volumes. It was reported to this committee that Dr. Visalakhsi Menon (Delhi University) and Dr. Salil Misra (IGNOU) are actively engaged in assisting Professor Bipan Chandra on the volume pertaining to the year 1942.
Documents on Economic History of British Rule in India 1858-1947.
One of the major projects of the Council is the project on Documents
on Economic History of British Rule in India 1858-1947. It will
attempt to publish documents relating to Economic History drawn
from archival material as well as private papers and from old and
rare publications.
Seventeen volumes are to be compiled and published in this series. These will be on Population; Prices and wages; Agriculture; Irrigation; Tenancy, Rent and Settlements' Famines; Exchange and Currency; Banking Credit and Capital Movement; Railways; Tariffs and Fiscal Policies; Handicraft Industries; Modern Industries; Mines; Plantations; Foreign Trade and Tribute; Condition of Life; and National Per Capital Income and Debts.
Out of the above themes, work has commenced on three themes only namely, Railways, Agriculture and Irrigation.
Volume IV (Part 1 to 111) of the Indian Railway Acts 1850-1900
has been submitted by its editors to the Council and will be processed
for publication. A meeting of the General Editor along with the
Coordinator of the project was held in September 21, 2006 to review
the progress of the work.
Dictionary of Social, Economic and Administrative Terms in Indian/
South Asian Inscriptions.
The Project on Dictionary of Social, Economic and Administrative
Terms in Indian/ South Asian Inscriptions has made substantial
progress. A sizeable number of data cards have been computer fed.
All three units of this project in Aligarh, Delhi and Mysore under
the supervision of Professor Irfan Habib, KM Shrimali and KV Ramesh,
respectively, have been provided software facilities for the processing
of these data cards.
The expert committee of this project in its meeting held on 1st February, 2007 requested the units to submit materials for volume I of the project to the Council as per the decision taken in the meeting held on 27 March 2006. The Main Editors assured the committee to follow the schedule. They are currently engaged in preparing the material for volume I.
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