ABSTRACT:
The present paper deals with the issue of prisons and their life in the Princely State of Cooch Behar. Cooch Behar was princely state during colonial period in India. With the advent of colonial power in India; the princely state had indirect relations with British power. Due to the contact with colonial power, the indigenous native rule in India became modified and codification of law and orders, regulations were introduced in the line of British pattern. The primitive systems of jails and prisons confinement were revised accordance with the new light of reformation, and in India especially in the princely rule modified. However, in this content the main aim is to find out the condition of the prisoners in the jails and police custody under the rule of Princely State.
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Ram Krishna Biswas. Prisons and Prison life in Princely State: A Historical Study of Cooch Behar. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2021; 12(3):153-6. doi: 10.52711/2321-5828.2021.00025
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Ram Krishna Biswas. Prisons and Prison life in Princely State: A Historical Study of Cooch Behar. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2021; 12(3):153-6. doi: 10.52711/2321-5828.2021.00025 Available on: https://www.rjhssonline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2021-12-3-5
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