About the Speaker: Dr. Meena Bhargava is Associate Professor in the Department of History , Indraprastha College for Women. She took her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in history from the University of Delhi. Her area of specialization is the history of medieval India and the transition period during the eighteenth & early nineteenth century. She has researched social and economic aspects of Mughal history including issues related to land rights, environment, and use of narcotics and drugs.
She is the author of State, Society, and Ecology: Gorakhpur in Transition, 1750-1830, New Delhi: Primus Books, 2014 (1999); has co-authored, Women, Education, and Politics: The Women's Movement and Delhi's Indraprastha College, New Delhi: OUP, 2015 (2005); has edited anthologies on Mughal history; and has published several research articles.
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