Shaping of modern Calcutta : the lottery committee years 1817-1830
Publication details: New Delhi Niyogi Books 2022Description: 516pISBN:- 9789391125301
- 954.14054147 CHO
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Book | CEPT Library | General | 954.14054147 CHO | Available | 024501 |
CONTENTS
Introduction 9
A Committee is Set Up 27
Reforming the Lottery System 57
The First Planned Square 87
Birth of Three More Squares 111
'Filthy State of the Drains ' 139
River Water for the Town 171
Hare Street and its Vicinity 207
Henry Shakespear's Minutes 239
Strand Road - Clearing the Table 265
Strand Road- Step by Step 299
The Maidan, Tank Square, Clive Street ... 335
Cossitala, Colootala, Garden Reach ... 379
The Land of William Camac 415
Epilogue 440
Endnotes 458
Glossary 500
Bibliography 503
Photo Credits 506
Acknowledgements 507
Index 508
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