• Khan Sheehan Shahab
• Dr. Shruti Rawal

The paper is concerned with the role played by Opium Wars fought under the imperial reign of Britain as portrayed in Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis Trilogy, set in the backdrop of the years preceding the First Opium War. Ghosh portrays the fading world of myriad of aspects left in the dark such as the Opium Wars girmitya (indentured labourers), the taboos associated with the act of crossing Black Water. In the Trilogy, Ghosh deftly sheds light on the part of history which had almost vanished in the annals of past events. The Opium Wars, in a manner could be considered as marginalized event of history as it was overshadowed by other events which garnered attention and pushed the Opium Wars to the periphery, fought Free Trade rights and extraterritoriality.

British imperialism; Opium Wars; Marginalization; Girmitya (indentured labourers); Free Trade rights; Extraterritoriality.

"Portrayal of Opium Wars and Imperialism in Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis Trilogy", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.503-506, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906V71.pdf

"Portrayal of Opium Wars and Imperialism in Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis Trilogy", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp503-506, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906V71.pdf