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Bengaluru: A new book exploring India’s colonial history and Adivasi resistance will be released on Saturday.
Titled Bastar 1862—A Colonial Report and an Adivasi Resistance, it is co-edited by Uma Ram and KS Ram.
The volume presents the unabridged texts of two works: A Report on the Dependency of Bastar by Captain CLR Glasfurd of the East India Company, the first foreigner to enter Bastar’s interiors; and I, Pravir, the Adivasi God by Maharaja Pravir Chandra Bhanjdeo, the last Kakatiya king of Bastar.
This is the 10th title in the Professor DS Achuta Rao History Series, published by Manipal Universal Press, MAHE Manipal.
To mark the launch, a symposium will be held at 10 am on Saturday at the Institute of World Culture, Basavanagudi.
Titled Challenges of Tribal Development and the Curious Case of Bastar, it will feature former UNESCO Ambassador Chiranjiv Singh; SK Aruni, Regional Director, Indian Council of Historical Research; and Paravir Krishna, former Managing Director, TRIFED.