Abstract
In the present chapter I will attempt to rediscover the true identity of Ramachandra Mangaraj, the protagonist of the late nineteenth-century Oriya novel Chha Mana Atha Guntha by Fakir Mohan Senapati, and thereby endeavor to show that the novel was, in fact, primarily a critique of the land-tenure system introduced by the colonial government.
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Dash, G.N. (2011). Rediscovering Ramachandra Mangaraj and Historicizing Senapati’s Critique of Colonialism. In: Mohanty, S.P. (eds) Colonialism, Modernity, and Literature. The Future of Minority Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230118348_9
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