Primus Books

06/08/2025

Primus Books deeply mourns the passing of Professor Rajat Kanta Ray. Professor Ray was a renowned historian and served as a faculty member of Presidency College, Kolkata for three decades and left behind a rich legacy.

Our prayers for the departed soul.

04/08/2025

Primus Books is glad to announce the arrival of its new book, "The Hidden String: Agrarian Economy of Colonial Bengal and Its Institutional Framework" by Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri.

The book is now available at a special price on our website and the link is mentioned below:

https://primusbooks.com/modern-history/the-hidden-string-agrarian-economy-of-colonial-bengal-and-its-institutional-framework-by-binay-bhushan-chaudhuri/

Procure a copy of this fascinating book that carries a remarkable study undertaken over a two-and-a-half decades and revisited after a gap of three decades. It examines the intricate relationship between agricultural practices and institutional frameworks in rural Bengal in the colonial period.

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01/08/2025

We are glad to announce that our latest book, Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri’s “The Hidden String” was launched today at the Shivananda Hall of The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata.

Eminent historians and dignitaries from across the field of academics, graced the event.

31/07/2025

Please join us tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. at Shivananda Hall of The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark.

28/07/2025

Setting the tone early in the day.

Please do not forget to join us on the 1st.

23/07/2025

14/07/2025

We at Primus are delighted to invite you to the launch of Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri's 'The Hidden String: Agrarian Economy of Colonial Bengal and its Institutional Framework'. The book is a remarkable study undertaken over two-and-a-half decades, and revisited after a gap of three decades. It examines the intricate relationship between agricultural practices and institutional frameworks in rural Bengal. At its core, the work elaborates two fundamental concepts: the nature of agricultural production and the institutional structure that governed it.

The book launch will be followed by a panel discussion with dignitaries like Irfan Habib, Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Arun Bandopadhyay, David Ludden, Suranjan Das, Smritikumar Sarkar, Jawhar Sircar, Sanjukta Das Gupta, Suparna Gooptu and others.

Please join us for the launch at 2.30 p.m. on 1 August 2025 at the Shivananda Hall of The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata 700029.

We look forward to having you with us on this occasion.

10/07/2025

Primus Books deeply mourns the demise of Professor C. M. Naim, a distinguished scholar of Urdu Language and Literature, who passed away on July 9, 2025.

Our prayers for the departed soul.

01/07/2025

Primus Books deeply mourns the demise of James Cosmas Masselos, a distinguished historian and academic, who passed away on June 25, 2025. He was one of the foremost urban historian who wrote and researched on Mumbai.

Our prayers for the departed soul...

24/06/2025

Primus Books is glad to announce its new title, 'Kingdom Formation in Precolonial India: A Historical Study on the Formation of the Koch Kingdom, c. 1540-1773 CE' by Rup Kumar Barman.

State formation in the Indian subcontinent has been a subject of research among historians and social scientists for decades. Based on their approaches and findings, scholars have conceptualized and propagated various models of early and secondary state formation. Kingdom Formation in Precolonial India explores the possibility of an alternative model of kingdom formation by examining the precolonial history of the Koch Kingdom, which flourished in the Tista–Brahmaputra region between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. It provides new insights into the role of warfare in kingdom formation, centralization of political authority, surplus appropriation through unusual means, monetization of the economy, and the correlation between legitimization of the ruler and cultural change of the ruled. This book may be of interest to students, academicians, and scholars studying north-east India and north Bengal.

The author, Rup Kumar Barman is Vice-Chancellor of Bankura University and Vice-Chancellor (Authorized) of Harichand Guruchand University. He was previously Vice-Chancellor of Murshidabad University, Professor of History at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and also served as Head of the Department of History at Jadavpur from 2016 to 2020. Professor Barman has authored multiple books and research papers and is currently engaged in studies on the Indian Knowledge System, river systems, Buddhism, and Dalit discourse. Some of his recent publications include River, Society and Culture: Environmental Perspectives on the Rivers of Assam and Bengal and The Enclaves of the India–Bangladesh Border: History, Statelessness and Bilateral Relations.

To procure a copy please click on the link below:

https://primusbooks.com/medieval-history/kingdom-formation-in-precolonial-india-a-historical-study-on-the-formation-of-the-koch-kingdom-c-1540-1773-ce-by-rup-kumar-barman/ #1516344244526-9f9b38e7-b5ac

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