INDIAN ACADEMY

Early Life of Mamata Banerjee                                                            -  Dr. Keshab Chandra Mandal                                                            E-Mail: mandalkeshab2013@gmail.com Mamata Banerjee is one of the most famous and influential people in not merely the whole of West Bengal or India, rather in the whole world as her popularity reached the zenith with the culmination of the uninterrupted 34-year-old rule of the CPI (M)-led Left Front government over West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee is not only...

 The Gorkha Land Crisis and Initiatives of Mamata Banerjee                                             - Dr. Keshab Chandra Mandal                                    E-Mail:  mandalkeshab2013@gmail.com In April, 1980 Subhas Ghisingh formed the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF), coined the word “Gorkhaland” and demanded for a separate state. On May 11, 1986 Nima Theeng was killed in police firing in Panighata, which was the first death in GNLF agitation. Again on 25 May, 1986 five persons died in police firing in Kurseong. This fomented the agitation and Ghisingh became an undisputed leader of Gorkh...