'I think that the book, 'The History of Jalpaiguri authored by Shri Umesh Sharma will be adored by a thinker, a social scientist, a politician as well as a general reader in a bid to know the history of Jalpaiguri since the Pragayotish era to the modern times.
The bibliographies at the end of each chapter of the book will be immensely helpful for any research on North Bengal.'
-Dr. Rup Kumar Barman
(Professor, Jadavpur University)