Dr. Santanu Kumar Patthayak's- Social Changes Under British Crown

With the advent of British Regime to the land of Orissa, there started proselytizing and reforming activities by the Christian Missionaries which led to the significant change in woman's social condition, emergence of a native intelligentsia, formation of socio-political associations, socio religious reform movements and growth of a few urban centers and elimination of rigidity in the caste system. Even these changes were reflected on the contemporary official records, Oriya newspapers and periodicals, Oriya literature and accounts of the Missionaries.

Dr. Santanu Kumar Pattnayak, Reader in History is a profound scholar who has received the gold medal from Berhampur University for his outstanding performance in post-graduation. He has possessed the Bachelor degree in Law in the year 1977 and Ph.D Degree from the Utkal University in the year 1992. To add more, he has earned reputation in teaching the subject History in different institutions like Govt. College, Dhanknal, Banki College, Banki, Nayagarh College, Nayagarh and BB College Rairakhola. His bright carrier came to an end in the year 1998 due to his tragic death.

The rise and expansion of British rule in India not only resulted in the establishment of new political and administrative institutions in place of the indigenous ones but also in the introduction of important and far-reaching changes in the social life of the people. While British authorities enforced certain social reforms like the abolition of Sati, female infanticide and Meriah (human sacrifice) through drastic legislative and administrative action, other social changes such as the growth of education and press and rise of a new intelligentsia took place gradually through the evolution of social consciousness due to the impact of British rule in the land of Orissa.

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