power of, 1, 2, 3;
resignation of, 1;
attempted assassination of, 1
Bay of Bengal, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Beercool, 1
beggars, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Beliaghata, 1
Belvedere Garden, 1, 2, 3
Benares, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Bengal, European settlements in, 1, 2;
insurrections in, 1;
administration in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
partition of, 1, 2, 3;
terrorism in, 1;
reunification of, 1;
race riots in, 1;
finances of, 1,
see also East Bengal;
East Indian Company;
West Bengal
Bengal Chamber of Commerce, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Bengal Chronicle, 1
Bengal Club, 1, 2, 3
Bengal Destitute Persons (Repatriation and Relief) Ordinance, 1, 2
Bengal Engineers, 1
Bengal Gazette, 1, 2
Bengal Herald, 1
Bengal Renaissance, 1
The Bengalee, 1
Bengali language, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Bengalis, occupations of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
urban population of, 1;
rural population, 1;
characteristics of, 1;
character of, 1, 2;
and the British, 1, 2, 3, 4;
and education, 1, 2;
and the arts, 1, 2, 3, 4;
patriotism of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Behoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, 1
Bentham, Jeremy, 1
Bentinck, Lady, 1
Bentinck, Lord William, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Bentinck Street, 1, 2, 3, 4
Bepin Behary Ganguly Street, 1
betel, 1, 2, 3
bhadralok, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Bhagirathi, River, 1
Bhawani, see Kali
Bihar, Biharis, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Bihor, 1, 2
Bikaner State, 1
birds, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Birla Education Trust, 1
Birla family, 1, 2
Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, 1
Birla Park, 1, 2
birth control, 1
Biswas Commission, 1, 2
Black Hole incident, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
boats, boating, 1, 2, 3,
see also shipping
Bolshevik Party, 1, 2, 3
Bombay, administration in, 1, 2;
commerce in, 1, 2, 3, 4;
wealth of, 1;
health in, 1;
taxation in, 1, 2, 3;
population of, 1;
strikes in, 1;
terrorism in, 1;
mentioned, 1, 2, 3, 4
bombing, 1, 2, 3, 4
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 1, 2, 3
books, 1,
and see printers;
publishers
Bose, Netaji Subhas Chandra, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Boughton, Dr Gabriel, 1, 2
Bowbazar, 1, 2, 3
Braboume Road, 1
Brahma the Creator, 1, 2
Brahmaputra River, 1
Brahmins, Brahminism, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Brahmo Samaj, 1, 2
bridges see Hoogly River, crossings
Britain, British, population in Calcutta, 1, 2;
death rate of, 1, 2;
development of Calcutta, 1, 2;
see also architecture;
social life, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
orientalists, 1;
commercial interests, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
administration of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
expatriates in India, 1;
and Independence Day, 1;
see also army;
East Indian Company
British Council, 1, 2, 3
British Indian Association, 1, 2
Buchanan, Professor Colin, 1
Buddhism, 1, 2
Buckingham House, 1
Budge Budge, 1, 2, 3
building, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
see also architecture;
housing
Bulganin, 1, 2
bullocks, bulls, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Burdwan, 1, 2
Burdwan Maharajadhiraja of Burdwan, 1, 2
Burma, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Burra Bazar, 1, 2
Burrows, Sir Frederick, 1, 2
buses, 1, 2, 3
Busteed, H. E., 1
bustees, numbers in, 1, 2;
definition of, 1;
rents of, 1;
conditions in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
CMPO and, 1, 2;
mentioned, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Bux, Mahomed, 1, 2
Byramjee, Dorabjee, 1
Calcutta Cathedral, 1, 2, 3
Calcutta Chamber of Commerce, 1, 2
Calcutta Club, 1, 2, 3, 4
Calcutta Congress (1911), 1
Calcutta Corporation, creation of, 1, 2;
under Curzon, 1, 2, 3;
sanitation, 1, 2, 3;
street lighting, 1, 2;
housing, 1;
controlled by Swaraj party, 1;
finances of, 1, 2;
nepotism in, 1;
water supply, 1;
mentioned, 1, 2,
see also Biswas Commission
Calcutta Development Trust, 1
Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation, 1, 2
Calcutta Gazette, 1, 2
Calcutta High Court, 1, 2, 3
Calcutta Improvement Trust, 1, 2
Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organization, 1, 2
Calcutta Mint, 1, 2, 3
Calcutta Rotary Club, 1
Calcutta School Society, 1
Calcutta Stock Exchange, 1, 2
Calcutta University, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Camac Street, 1
canals, 1, 2, 3
cannabis see bhang, ganja
Canning, Lady, 1
Canning, Lord, 1, 2, 3, 4
Capital 1
cards, 1, 2, 3, 4
cars, car production, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Casey, R. G., 1, 2, 3, 4
caste, 1, 2, 3
Cawnpore, 1, 2
Central Intelligence Agency, 1, 2, 3
Central Road, 1
Ceylon, 1
Chanda Sahab, 1
Chandernagore, 1, 2, 3, 4
Chandpal Ghat, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
charity, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
see also Mother Teresa
Charles II, King, 1
Charnock, Job, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Charnock, Maria, 1
Charnock, Mary, 1
Chatterjee, Mr, 1
Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra, 1, 2
chemical industry, 1, 2
Chhatawallah Gully, 1
chhentai, 1
Chiang Kai-shek, 1
China, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Chinese, 1, 2, 3
Chinsurah, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Chitpore Bridge, 1
Chitpore Road, 1, 2, 3
Chittagong, 1, 2
Chitteranjan Avenue, 1, 2, 3
cholera, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Chor Bagan, 1
Chota Nagpur, 1
Chowdhury, Subarna Roy, 1
Chowringhee, British in, 1, 2, 3;
opinions on, 1, 2, 3, 4;
street-sleepers in, 1;
entertainments in, 1, 2;
shops in, 1, 2, 3, 4;
mentioned, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Chowringhee Square, 1
Christianity, Christians, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
see also Mother Teresa
Churchill, Major-General C. H., 1
Churchill, Sit Winston, 1, 2, 3
Chuttanuty, 1
cigarettes see tobacco industry cinema, 1, in, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Citizens Protection Leag
ue, 1
Civil and Military Gazette, 1
class distinction, 1, 2
Clavering, General, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
climate, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Clive, Robert, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Clive Row, 1
Clive Street, 1
clothes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
clothing industry, 1, 2
clubs, clubmen, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
see also Bengal Club;
Calcutta Club
Cockerell, Sir Charles, 1
coal, coal mining, 1, 2, 3
Colebrooke, Henry, 1, 2, 3, 4
College Square, 1, 2, 3
College Street, 1
Commerce, 1
commerce, under Moguls, 1, 2, 3, 4;
British interest, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
exports, 1;
imports, 1;
foreign interests, 1;
Indian, 1, 2, 3;
decline in, 1, 2, 3;
effect of industrial action, 1, 2,
see also East India Company;
industry
Committee of Public Instruction, 1
Communism, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Communist Party of India, peasants’ congress, 1, 2;
outlawed by British, 1;
foundation of, 1;
and Congress, 1, 2, 3;
in Kerala, 1;
membership of, 1;
split in, 1;
in 1962 elections, 1969 elections, 1;
and CPI (M), 1, 2,
see also United Front
Communist Party of India (Marxist), political rallies of, 1, 2, 3;
formation of, 1;
in 1962 elections, 1;
April Resolution of, 1;
land reform and, 1;
and Naxalbari incident, 1;
in 1969 elections, 1;
struggle with Delhi, 1;
industrial action and, 1, 2;
and terrorism, 1, 2, 3;
and clash with Bangla Congress, 1, 2, 3,
see also Basu, Jyoti;
‘United Front’
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), and CPI, 1
Congress Party, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
see also United Front
Contai, 1
Cooch Behar, Maharajah of, 1
cooks, cook-bearer, 1, 2
coolies, 1
Cornwallis, Lord, 1, 2, 3
Cornwallis Street, 1
Cossimbazar, Maharajah of, 1, 2
Cossipore, 1, 2, 3
Cossitollah, 1
cottage industries, 1
cows, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
credit societies, 1
cremation, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
see also suttee
Crewe, Lord, 1, 2, 3
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 1, 2
culture, 1, 2, 3
Curzon, Lord, and his monument to Black Hole, 1, 2;
and Calcutta Corporation, 1, 2;
and Calcutta University, 1, 2;
and partition of Bengal, 1, 2, 3, 4;
memorial to, 1;
and Victoria Memorial, 1, 2;
character of, 1;
on Calcutta, 1, 2,
see also Government House;
mentioned, 1, 2, 3, 4
Curzon Park, 1, 2
Dacca, 1, 2, 3, 4
dacoits, 1, 2
Dakineshwar temple, 1, 2
Dalhousie Square, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
and see Behoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh
Daniells family, 1
Daniells, Thomas, 1
Darjeeling, 1, 2
Das, Chittaranjan, 1, 2, 3, 4
Dasgupta, Promode, 1, 2, 3
Datta, Michael Madhusudan, 1, 2, 3
death penalty, 1, 2
deaths, European, in Calcutta, 1, 2, 3;
Indian, in streets, 1, 2;
Indian, in Nirmal Hriday, 1;
from cholera, 1;
and disposal of corpses in Hooghly, 1, 2;
infant mortality in Calcutta, 1;
see also cremation;
famine, murder;
race riots
Deccan, 1
Delhi, as Mogul capital, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
Armenians in, 1;
Indian Mutiny in, 1, 2;
capital removed to, 1, 2, 3;
population of, 1;
wealth of, 1;
relations with West Bengal, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
mentioned, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Denmark, Danes, 1, 2, 3
DeRozio, Henry Louis Vivian, 1, 2
Desai, Morarji, 1, 2
desertion, 1, 2
de Valera, Eamon, 1
Dey, Ram Dollal, (Ramdnlal), 1, 2
Dhakuria Lake, 1
Dhapa leper colony, 1, 2, 3
Dharamtala Street, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Dhavan, S. S., 1, 2
dhobies, 1, 2,
see also water supply
Dhurmtollar Bazaar, 1
Diamond Harbour, 1, 2
Dinu Chamrawalla’s mosque, 1
Direct Action Day, 1
District Magistrate’s House, 1
docks, dockyards, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
doctors, 1, 2
dogs, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Drake, Roger, 1, 2, 3
drinking, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Dum Dum, small arms factory at, 1;
airport, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
leopards near, 1;
riot at, 1;
mentioned, 1
Dupleix, 1, 2
Durbar, King George VI’s, 1, 2
Durga, see Kali
Durga Puja, 1, 2, 3, 4
Durgapur, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
durwans, 1, 2, 3
Dutta Industrial Licensing Committee, 1
Dyer, General, 1, 2
dysentery, 1, 2
East Bengal, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
see also, Bengal
East Indian Company, formation of, 1;
and Mogul Empire, 1, 2, 3;
and exploitation of India, 1, 2, 3, 4;
expansion of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
and the French, 1, 2;
financial difficulties of, 1;
Indian Mutiny and, 1;
liquidation of, 1;
mentioned, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
see also Charnock, Job;
Clive, Robert;
Cornwallis, Lord;
Hastings, Warren;
Wellesley, Lord
East Pakistan, 1, 2, 3, 4
Eden, Hon. Emily, 1, 2, 3, 4
education, in nineteenth century, 1, 2;
and nationalism, 1;
labour market and, 1, 2;
Bengali attitude to, 1, 2;
Tagore family and, 1;
of British children, 1, 2, 3;
mentioned, 1;
see also illiteracy;
schools, students
Edward VII, King, 1
electricity, lack of, in bustees, 1, 2;
failure of supply of, 1
Electricity (Supply) Act 1948, 1
Elgin, Lord, 1, 2
Elizabeth I, Queen, 1
Elizabeth II, Queen, 1
Ellenborough, Lord, 1
Elphinstone, Mountstuart, 1
Emerson, Sir William, 1, 2
engineering industry, 1, 2, 3, 4
The Englishman, 1, 2, 3, 4
Entally, 1
entertainment, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
see also cinema
Esplanade, 1, 2, 3
Eyre, Sir Charles, 1, 2
factories, closures, 1, 2, 3, 4;
employment in, 1, 2, 3;
industrial action in, 1, 2, 3;
mentioned, 1, 2, 3, 4;
see also commerce;
industry;
jute mills
factories (warehouses), 1, 2, 3
family hospitality, 1
family life, 1, 2, 3
family sep
aration, 1
famine, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Farraka barrage, 1, 2
Farrer, Thomas, 1, 2
fasts, 1, 2, 3
Fay, Mrs, 1, 2
fish, fishing, 1, 2, 3
film industry, 1,
see also cinema
First World War, 1
food, Indian, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
food prices, 1
food taboos, 1
Ford Foundation, 1
Formosa, 1
Fort Gustavus, 1
Fort St George, 1
Fort William, size of, 1;
taken by Siraj-ud-Daula, 1;
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