Talk:Duar War

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Sources

Books

Aris, Michael (1994). The Raven Crown: The Origins of Buddhist Monarchy in Bhutan. London: Serindia Publications. ISBN 9780906026328. (Anglo-Bhutan war of 1864-6; minor mention)
Collister, Peter (1987). Bhutan and the British. London: Serindia Publications. ISBN 0906026180. (The Great Duar War)
Deb, Arabinda (1976). Bhutan and India: A Study in Frontier Political Relations, 1772-1865. Calcutta: Firma KLM. (mainly Duar War)
Karma Phuntsho (2013). The History of Bhutan. Noida: Random House India. ISBN 8184003110. (Duar War)
Kohli, Manorama (1982). India and Bhutan: A Study in Interrelations, 1772-1910. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal. ISBN 9788121501668. (*)
Labh, Kapileshwar (1974). India and Bhutan. New Delhi: Sindhu Publications. (Duar War)
Majumdar, A. B. (1984). Britain and the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhotan. Patna: Bharati Bhawan. ("War with Bhotan")
Rennie, David Field (1866). Bhotan and the Story of the Dooar War. London: John Murray. (Dooar War)
Savada, Andrea Matles; Harris, George Lawrence; Library of Congress. Federal Research Division (1993). Nepal and Bhutan: country studies (pdf). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. LCCN 93012226. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-29. (Duar War; kinda minor mention)
Singh, Amar Kaur Jasbir (1988). Himalayan Triangle: A Historical Survey of British India's Relations with Tibet, Sikkim, and Bhutan, 1765-1950. London: British Library. ISBN 9780712306300. (*)
Thinley Gyamtsho; Jagar Dorji; Pommaret, Francoise; Tshering Dolkar (1994). A History of Bhutan: Course Book for Class IX (pdf). Paro: Royal Education Council, Royal Government of Bhutan. ISBN 99936-0-187-X. (Duar War)
White, John Claude (1909). Sikhim & Bhutan: Twenty-one Years on the North-east Frontier, 1887–1908. London: Edward Arnold. (Duar War)

Articles

Sarkar, Ratna; Ray, Indrajit (Winter 2007). "Political Scenario in Bhutan during 1774-1906: An Impact Analysis on Trade and Commerce" (pdf). Journal of Bhutan Studies. 17. (Duar War)
Wangyal, Sonam B. (Winter 2006). "A Cheerless Change: Bhutan Dooars to British Dooars" (pdf). Journal of Bhutan Studies. 15. (Anglo-Bhutan war of 1864-65)

Theses

Das, Smriti (31 December 1998). Assam Bhutan relations with special reference to duars from 1681 to 1949 (PhD thesis). Gauhati University.

(*) indicates I that don't have access to the book. Regards, TryKid ^{[dubious – discuss]} 19:35, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Collister is a primary source for all practical purposes — the material on Duar War and its effects are summarized from British reports etc. with negligible independent analyses and I will prefer citing Rennie or the Mission reports! The less said about Labh, the better and he is not a HISTRS. Bhutanese textbooks are not suitable for use either. Phuntsho's work can be classed in the genre of pop history and his academic training was not in history but Religious Studies.

However, Singh (1988) looks good: I need to consult it. Wangyal and Das are decent too. TrangaBellam (talk) 18:26, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 25 September 2020

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The result of the move request was: Consensus to move. (closed by non-admin page mover) SITH (talk) 14:08, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bhutan War → Duar War – per COMMONNAME. Most sources describe it as Duar War and not Bhutan War. TryKid ^{[dubious – discuss]} 01:12, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Megan☺️ ^{Talk to the monster} 09:59, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support per WP:PRECISE as well; the war was really about the Duars more than it was about Bhutan itself. Zoozaz1 talk 11:53, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support (as proposer): Karma Phuntsho's The History of Bhutan, considered to be the authoritative book on Bhutanese history, uses the term Duar War. I've listed some other sources in the section above, which mostly use Duar War too. David Rennie, who participated in the war and wrote about the it while returning to England, also used Duar War (although with an archaic spelling of Duar). So it's pretty clear Duar War is the common name. Regards, TryKid ^{[dubious – discuss]} 13:39, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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