Papers by Vijayant K Singh
S. Dutta & N. Mukherjee (eds.), Mapping India: Transitions and Transformations, 18th - 19th century, Routledge, London., 2019
This paper is an attempt to locate and understand the actions of the English company officials st... more This paper is an attempt to locate and understand the actions of the English company officials stationed at Bombay and Surat. In the year 1733, the English attempted to gain access to the office of the Mughal naval commanders, hitherto held by the Siddis, by negotiating a deal, brokered in part by the leading merchant at Surat, Ahmed Chellaby, and the Mughal governor himself. This chapter attempts to analyze the actions of the various parties and personalities engaged here in order to understand the trends and tendencies which marked the chaotic 18th-century political landscape. The Mughal officials, left to fend for themselves in the face of rising insurgent movements in the region, attempted to create independent and semi-independent spaces for themselves by utilising the opportunities produced by war and chaos, including one which occurred in 1733. The English company officials attempted to find commercial and political safeguards behind the offices of political and military importance, which would enable them to improve and safeguard their own as well as the company’s commerce in the region. Finally, the Indian mercantile community, sandwiched between various hostile political and commercial players, negotiated their way through in order to survive and thrive.
Economy and Environment in Coastal Gujarat during the Seventeenth century
The Mirror, Vol. 4, pp. 118-127. ISSN No. 2348-9596, 2017
Early Islamic Intellectual Traditions – Al-Biruni
Virtual Learning Environment, Institute of Life Long Learning, University of Delhi, 2015
Zamindars, Tribals, and the Mughal State in Seventeenth century Gujarat, India
IMPACT: International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature, 2017
State and Commercial Classes in Seventeenth century Mughal Gujarat
History Today, 2016
Seminars & Conference Presentations by Vijayant K Singh
Networks of Trade and Commodity exchange across Pre-colonial India – Environmental perspective
Lecture delivered at International Summer School, organized by the Centre for Escalation of Peac... more Lecture delivered at International Summer School, organized by the Centre for Escalation of Peace and Jawaharlal Nehru University, on 4th July 2016.
Environmental Facets of Coastal Gujarat in 17th and 18th centuries
Paper presented at Seminar workshop on “Coastal Histories: Society and Ecology in Coastal India,... more Paper presented at Seminar workshop on “Coastal Histories: Society and Ecology in Coastal India, 16th – 18th centuries”, held at Institute of Advance Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, on 13th and 14th February 2007
State and Commercial Classes – The Inter-relationship in seventeenth century Mughal Gujarat
Presented at the Seventy Seventh session of the Indian History Congress, organized by at the Uni... more Presented at the Seventy Seventh session of the Indian History Congress, organized by at the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, from 28th to 30th December 2016.
Coastal Gujarat in Transition: Mughals, Marathas, and the EIC in the 18th century
Paper Presented at International Annual Conference on Mapping India in the Eighteenth century – ... more Paper Presented at International Annual Conference on Mapping India in the Eighteenth century – Transformations and Transitions, organized by India International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, on 6th and 7th March 2017, at India International Centre, New Delhi.
Commodities, Commerce and migration: Commercial Exchange in Indian Ocean World, c. 800 CE to 1800 CE
Lecture delivered at International Summer School, organized
by the Centre for Escalation of Peac... more Lecture delivered at International Summer School, organized
by the Centre for Escalation of Peace and Jawaharlal Nehru University, on 4th July 2017
Book Reviews by Vijayant K Singh
The Book Review
"At the Crossroads of Environmental, Colonial and Legal Histories: Review of Gunnel Cederlof - La... more "At the Crossroads of Environmental, Colonial and Legal Histories: Review of Gunnel Cederlof - Landscapes and Law: Environmental Politics, Regional Histories and Contests over nature, 2nd ed. OUP, N. Delhi, 2019
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by the Centre for Escalation of Peace and Jawaharlal Nehru University, on 4th July 2017
Book Reviews by Vijayant K Singh