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_bCHO
100 _aChoudhury, Ranabir Ray
245 _aShaping of modern Calcutta : the lottery committee years 1817-1830
260 _aNew Delhi
_bNiyogi Books
_c2022
300 _a516p.
505 _aCONTENTS 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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891 _aGeneral
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