Department of History, RGU

05/08/2025

Geri Koyu, a PhD candidate in the Department of History, won first place in the Creative Literary Mind competition organized under the initiative of Ms. Mamu Hage, IAS, Deputy Commissioner IAS, West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh. His submission was titled "The Last Episode in a Frontier: Peter Loren Seton James and Dipa Congress." The department is pleased to see his dedication and historical research gradually yielding meaningful results.

25/03/2025

The Department of History at Rajiv Gandhi University successfully conducted a one-day seminar titled "Towards the Military History of Northeast India" on March 24, 2025. The seminar was inaugurated by His Excellency the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM (Ret.), and Prof. S.K. Nayak, Vice-Chancellor of RGU. The seminar brought together eminent and budding scholars from Northeast India to discuss the military history of the region. It also illuminated prospects for future research on one of the most overlooked themes in historical research.

05/08/2024

The Department of History is pleased to award Ms. Yime Potom, a PhD degree for successfully defending her thesis today. Her work was on the historical study of the Galo women in Arunachal Pradesh. We congratulate and wish her all the best in her future endeavors.

29/07/2024

We congratulate Miss Tocha Hoshai on successfully defending her PhD thesis today. Her work on the indigenous knowledge system of the Nocte community will be a significant contribution to the history of the Nocte community, which is otherwise one of the least studied communities in Northeast India.

24/07/2024

The Department of History congratulates Ms. Bide Mindo for successfully defending her PhD today in the seminar hall. Her PhD thesis on the historical study of the Meyor Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh will be another seminal contribution to the historical writing of Northeast India.

03/07/2024

Beautiful people of the Department of History: Prof. Sarah Hilaly, guest faculties, and PhD candidates.

28/06/2024

Our esteemed faculty member, Dr. Tade Sangdo, recently visited Himalayan University (Arunachal Pradesh) as an external expert on the Board of Study (BoS). Sharing with you all are a few photographs from that day.

24/06/2024

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21/06/2024

"Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self."
-The Bhagavad Gita

Happy International Yoga Day to all

14/06/2024

The Department of History is pleased to share with you all the latest original paper (online/preprint version) of our faculty member, Dr. Oinam Premchand Singh, published in the prestigious journal, "Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress"

While ethnoarchaeological studies on megalith-building traditions in a few communities in India’s northeastern region have enriched our knowledge, a knowledge gap remains regarding how traditional societies mobilized the workforce for transporting and erecting stone monuments. This paper aims to f...

07/06/2024

The Department of History at Rajiv Gandhi University congratulates Ms. Mino Kamsi on successfully defending her PhD thesis and receiving her PhD. Here are some photos from the day