Calcutta

by Moorhouse, Geoffrey

deterioration of, 1;

  rebuilding of, 1, 2, 3;

  under Hastings, 1;

  during Indian Mutiny, 1;

  used by Indian Government, 1;

  mentioned, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Fort William College, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Forward Bloc, 1, 2, 3

  Forward Bloc (Marxist), 1

  47th Native Infantry, 1

  Foster, Sir Ridgeby, 1

  Foucauld, Charles de, 1

  Fourteenth Army, 1, 2

  France, French, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Francis, Philip, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Freemasons, 1, 2

  Frere, Sir Bartle, 1, 2, 3

  French East Indian Company, 1

  French Revolution, 1, 2, 3

  gambling, 1, 2, 3, 4

  games, exercise, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Gandhi, Mrs Indira, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Gandhi, Mahatma, Congress and, 1;

  Birla family and, 1;

  Marwaris and, 1;

  Bose and, 1, 2;

  non-violence and, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  Tagore and, 1;

  and Calcutta race riots, 1;

  memorial in Calcutta to, 1, 2;

  and Independence Day, 1;

  imprisonment of, 1;

  influence of, 1;

  reaction against, 1, 2;

  mentioned, 1, 2

  Ganesh, 1, 2

  Ganga River, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Garden Reach, 1, 2

  gardens, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  garlands, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Garrick, David, 1, 2

  Garstin, Colonel, 1

  gas industry, lighting, 1, 2

  Gas Street, 1, 2

  George III, King, 1, 2, 3

  George IV, King, 1

  George V, King, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  George VI, King, 1

  Germany, Germans, 1, 2

  ghats see cremation

  ghee, 1, 2, 3

  gherao, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Ghosh, Atulya, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Ghosh, Girish Chandra, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Goa, Goanese, 1, 2

  goats, 1

  Goonda Act (1923), 1

  gondas, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Gopalpur-on-sea, 1, 2

  Gorkha League, 1, 2

  Government House, built by Wellesley, 1, 2, 3;

  Hastings in, 1, 2;

  Canning in, 1, 2;

  social life in, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  Curzon in, 1, 2, 3;

  cost of, 1;

  Ellenborough in, 1;

  Elgin in, 1, 2;

  Northbropk in, 1, 2;

  Hardinge in, 1, 2;

  gardens of; 1, 2;

  Amherst in, 1,

  Lawrence in, 1;

  Lytton in, 1;

  Bentinck in, 1;

  Mayo in, 1;

  on Independence Day, 1;

  Burrows in, 1, 2;

  mentioned, 1, 2

  Govindpur, 1

  Grande, Madame, Catherine, 1

  Grand Opera House, 1

  Grand Hotel, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Grand Trunk Road, 1

  Grant, Captain, 1, 2

  Granville, Walter, 1

  Great Eastern Hotel, 1, 2

  Griffiths, Sir Percival, 1

  Gujeratis, 1, 2

  Gupta, Iswarchandra, 1

  Gurkhas, 1

  gurus, 1

  Gwalior Monument, 1

  Haldia, 1, 2

  Halhed, Nathaniel, 1

  Hamilton, Captain Alexander, 1, 2

  Hardinge, Lord, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Harmonic House, 1

  Hasnabad, 1

  Hastings, Marquis of, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Hastings, Marian, 1, 2, 3

  Hastings, Warren, as a Junior Writer, 1, 2;

  background, 1;

  during Black Hole incident, 1;

  marriages of, 1, 2, 3;

  financial dealings of, 1;

  in recapture of Calcutta, 1;

  as Governor, 1, 2;

  character of, 1;

  and Nuncomar’s trial, 1, 2;

  scholasticism and, 1, 2;

  as Governor-General, 1, 2;

  memorials to, 1, 2;

  Kettle’s portrait of, 1n.;

  mentioned, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Hastings, Mrs Warren, 1

  Harrington Street, 1

  Harrison Road, 1

  hawkers, 1,

  see also traders

  Heber, Reginald, Bishop of Calcutta, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Hickey, William, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Hicky, Augustus, 1, 2

  Hijili island, 1

  Himalayas, 1, 2, 3

  Hindi language, 1, 171

  Hindu Arya Samaj, 1

  Hindu College, 1, 2

  Hindu Mela, 1

  Hindustan Standard, 1

  Hindustan Times, 1

  Hinduism, festivals, 1, 2;

  food taboos, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  mentioned, 1, 2

  Hindoostanee Press, 1

  Hitler, Adolf, 1, 2

  Hodnet, 1

  Holi festival, 1, 2

  Holland, Dutch, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Holwell, John Zephaniah, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Ho Chi Minh, 1, 2

  Ho Chi Minh Street, 1, 2

  Hooghly (village of), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Hooghly, River, navigational difficulties of, 1, 2, 3;

  boating on, 1;

  industry bordering, 1, 2;

  activities on, 1, 2, 3;

  corpses thrown in, 1, 2, 3;

  sacredness of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  Durga Puja and, 1, 2;

  contamination of, 1, 2;

  river crossings, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  as source of drinking water, 1;

  improvements to, 1;

  mentioned, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  hooka, 1, 2

  horseracing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  hospitals, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  hotels, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

  see also Grand Hotel;

  Great Eastern Hotel

  housing, European, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  rural, 1, 2;

  flats, 1;

  overcrowding, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  of rich Indians, 1, 2, 3,

  planning and development, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  Richard’s report on, 1;

  partition suits and, 1;

  see also bustees;

  kothabaris;

  slums

  Howrah, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Howrah Bridge, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Howrah Station, 1, 2, 3, 293

  L’Humanité, 85

  hunger strikes, 1,

  see also lasts

  hunting, 1, 2

  Hungerford Street, 1

  Huq, Fazlul, 1, 2

  Ice House, 1

  Ichamati river, 1

  Ilbert Bill, 1, 2

  illiteracy, 1, 2, 3

  immigrants, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,

  see also refugees

  Impey, Sir Elijah, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Imphal, 1

  incense, 1, 2

  Income Tax Investigation Commission, 1

  India, Europeans in, 1, 2, 3;

  Independence in, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  Partition, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  trade and economy, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  see also Bengal;

  Delhi;

  Mogul Empire;

  West Bengal

  India Act, 1

  India Gazette, 1

  Indian Association, 1

  Indian Civil Service, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Indian Councils Act, 1

  Indian Independence Week, 1

  Indian Institute of Management, 1

  Indian Mutiny, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Indian National Army, 1, 2, 3

  indigo industry, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Indo-Pakistani War, 1

  Indo-Portuguese, 1

  industry, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

/>   insurance, 1, 2, 3

  insurrections, 1, 2, 3;

  see also Indian Mutiny;

  Naxalbari;

  race riots

  iron, 1, 2

  Isfahan, 1

  Islam, 1, 2, 3

  Italy, Italians, 1, 2, 3

  jackals, 1, 2, 3

  Jadavpore, 1

  Jadavpore, University, 1, 2, 3

  Jagannath, Lord, 1

  Jain Temple, 1

  Jains, 1, 2

  Jaipur State, 1, 2

  Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, 1

  Jamshedpur, 1, 2

  Japan, Japanese, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Jayakar, M. R., 1

  Jemdawee, 1

  Jemedars, 1

  jewellery, jewellers, 1, 2

  Jha, Sibsankar, 1

  Jinnah, Muhammad Ali, 1, 2

  Jodpur State, 1

  John Bull see The Englishman

  Johnson, ‘Begum’, 1, 2, 3

  Johnson, Reverend William, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Jones, William, 1, 2, 3

  jotedar, 1, 2

  justice see law

  jute industry, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Kabul, 1

  Kali the Terrible, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  Kalighat, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Kalikata, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Kalpi, 1

  Kalwars, 1

  Kalyani, 1

  Kamartuli, 1

  Kanchrapara, 1, 2

  Kandla, 1

  Kangali, 1

  Kanarese, 1

  Karachi, 1

  Karim, Abdul, 1

  Kashmir, Kashmiris, 1, 2, 3

  Kasim, Mir, 1

  Kasimbazar, 1, 2, 3

  Kerala, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,

  khatal, 1, 2

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 1, 2

  Kidderpore Docks, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Kipling, Rudyard, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  knifing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

  see also riots

  Konar, Hari Krishna, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  kothabari, 1, 2

  Krishnagar, 1

  Kulti, 1

  Kurawas, 1

  Kweiyang, 1

  Lahore, 1, 2

  Lakshmi Narain Hindu Temple, 1

  Lalbazar, 1, 2

  Lamb, Charles, 1

  land-holding and redistribution, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Landor, Walter Savage, 1, 2

  Landowners’ Association, 1

  languages, 1, 2

  Lansdowne, Lord, 1

  La Poésie, 35

  law, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 9, 10, 11, 12;

  see also police force

  lawyers, 1, 2

  Lenin Sarani, 1

  Lenin, V. I., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Lear, Edward, 1, 2

  Lebedeff, Herassim, 1

  leprosy, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Liberation 1,

  libraries, 1, 2, 3

  Lipton, Sir Thomas, 1

  literature, 1, 2, 3, 4,

  see also Tagore, Rabindranath

  Little Brothers and Sisters of Jesus, 1

  Liverpool, Lord, 1

  locusts, 1

  Lok Sevak Sangha party, 1

  locomotive works, 1,

  see also railway wagon

  Loll Diggy, 1, 2, 3, 4

  London, 1, 2, 3, 4

  London Tavern, 1, 2

  looting, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Loreto Sisters, 1, 2

  Lottery Committee, 1

  Lower Chitpore Road, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Lower Circular Road, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Lucknow, 1

  Lyon, Thomas, 1

  Lyons Range, 1

  Lytton, Lady, 1, 2

  Lytton, Lord, 1

  Macaulay, Lord, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  MacDonald, Ramsay, 1

  Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, 1

  Madras, East India Company in, 1, 2;

  Clive in, 1, 2, 3;

  Indians in presidential assembly, 1;

  economy of, 1, 2, 3;

  terrorism in, 1;

  mentioned, 1, 2, 3

  Mahabat Jang, Nawab, 1

  Maharajahs, 1

  Mahangar Parishad, 1

  Maharashtra, 1

  Mahatma Gandhi Road, 1

  Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi, 1

  Mahratta Ditch, 1, 2

  Mahrattas, 1, 2, 3

  Mahtab, Sir Uday Chand, 1

  Maidan, political rallies on, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  activities on, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  size of, 1, 2;

  monuments on, 1, 2, 3

  Maisonneuve, 1

  Malabar, 1

  malaria, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  managing agencies, 1, 2

  Manasa, 1

  Mandalay, 1

  Maniktala, 1, 2

  Manohar Das tank, 1

  Mao Tse Tung, Maoism, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Marathi, 1

  Marble Palace, 1, 2, 3, 4

  marriage, 1, 2

  marriage market, European, 1

  The Marriage of St Catherine, 1

  The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, 1

  Martyrs Memorial, 1

  Marwari Association, 1

  Marwaris, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Marx, Karl, 1

  Mary, Queen, 1, 2

  Master, Streynsham, 1

  Mayo, Lady, 1

  Mayo, Lord, 1

  Mayurbhanj, Maharajah of, 1

  Mazumdar, Charu, 1, 2

  Mecca, 1

  Medical and Relief Society, 1

  medicine, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Meerut, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Melancholy Point, 1

  middens, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Midnapore, 1, 2

  migrants, 1,

  see also immigrants

  Mill, James, 1

  mineral resources, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Minerva giving the loving cup to Apollo, 1

  Minto, Lady, 1

  Minto, Lord, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Mir Jafar, 1, 2

  Mir Kasim, 1

  Misser, Sepoy Juggernauth, 1

  Mission Press, 1

  Mission Row, 1

  missionaries, 1, 2, 3

  Mogul Empire, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Molla, Akbar Ali, 1

  money-lenders, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Monson, Lady Anne, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Monson, Colonel, 1, 2, 3

  Montesquieu, 1

  Moscow, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

  see also Russia

  mosques, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Mountbatten, Earl, 1, 2

  Muggeridge, Malcolm, 1

  Mukherjee, A joy, as President of Congress, 1;

  and relations with Ghosh, 1, 2;

  and Bangla Congress, 1, 2;

  as Chief Minister, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  character, 1;

  and Basu, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  resignation of, 1

  Mussoorie, 1

  Mukta Mela, 1

  Mullick family, 1, 2,

  see also Marble Palace

  Mumtaz, 1

  Munny Begum, 1

  Muharram, 1

  murder, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Murillo, 1

  Murray’s Handbook, 1

  Murshidabad, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, 1, 2, 3, 4

  museums, 1, 2

  music, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Muslims, land-law, 1;

  in East Bengal, 1, 2;

  1946 race riots, 1, 2;

  food taboos and, 1, 2;

  Hindi speakers, 1;

  Partition and, 1;

  occupations of, 1;

  festivals, 1, 2;

  dislike of Marwaris by, 1;

  education of, 1;

  Bengali (Hindu) opinion of, 1;

  1926 race riots, 1;

  political activities of, 1, 2;

  numbers of, 1;

  mentioned, 1, 2;

  see also Mogul Empire

  Muslim League, 1, 2

  Mussolini, Beni
to, 1

  Mymensingh, 1

  Nadia, Lady Maharini Bahaduri, 1

  Nainital, 1

  Nakhoda Mosque, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Naogaon, 1

  National Library, 1

  National Medical College and Hospital, 1

  National Volunteer Force, 1

  nationalism, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Nattore, Maharaja of, 1

  Naxalbari, 1, 2

  Naxalites, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Nepal, Nepali, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Netaji Subhas Road, 1

  Netaji Week, 1

  New Delhi, 1, 2,

  see also Delhi

  New Market, 1, 2, 3, 4

  New Year’s Day, Bengali, 1

  New York, 1, 2, 3, 4

  newspapers, English, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  Bengali, 1;

  opposition to partition by, 1;

  during the famine, 1;

  Dwarkanath Tagore’s

  ownership of, 1

  Nicholson, Admiral, 1

  night-clubs, 1, 2

  Nightingale, Florence, 1, 2

  Nimtallah ghat, 1

  Normal Hriday, 1, 2, 3, 4. 5

  Noakhali, 1

  Nobel Prize, 1, 2, 3

  North, Lord, 1, 2, 3

  Northbrooke, Lord, 1, 2, 3