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Also see [[Newspapers and journals online]] for many Calcutta publications including the ''[[Calcutta Review]]''
Also see [[Newspapers and journals online]] for many Calcutta publications including the ''[[Calcutta Review]]''
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=9&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_266.gif "Calcutta"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 9'', page 260 c 1909
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=9&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_266.gif "Calcutta"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 9'', page 260 c 1909
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=cV7RhS7iEV0C&pg=RA1-PR8-IA1 "Bengal and Fort William"] ''A new account of the East Indies, Volume 2'', page 1 by Alexander Hamilton 1744 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cV7RhS7iEV0C&pg=PA1  "Bengal and Fort William"] ''A new account of the East Indies, Volume 2'', page 1 by Alexander Hamilton 1744 Google Books [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.39275/2015.39275.A-New-Account-Of-The-East-indies--Vol2#page/n15/mode/2up  Archive.org: reprint edition], (from Digital Library of India).
*''The early annals of the English in Bengal, being the Bengal public consultations for the first half of the eighteenth century, summarised, extracted, and edited with introductions and illustrative addenda'' by  Charles Robert Wilson Archive.org. [http://www.archive.org/stream/earlyannalsofeng01wilsuoft#page/n7/mode/2up  Volume 1  1704-1710] 1895, [http://www.archive.org/stream/earlyannalsofeng02wilsuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2 Part 1 1711-1717] 1900
*''The early annals of the English in Bengal, being the Bengal public consultations for the first half of the eighteenth century, summarised, extracted, and edited with introductions and illustrative addenda'' by  Charles Robert Wilson Archive.org. [http://www.archive.org/stream/earlyannalsofeng01wilsuoft#page/n7/mode/2up  Volume 1  1704-1710] 1895, [http://www.archive.org/stream/earlyannalsofeng02wilsuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2 Part 1 1711-1717] 1900
*''The good old days of Honorable John company; being curious reminiscences illustrating manners and customs of the British in India during the rule of the East India Co. from 1600 to 1858; with brief notices of places and people of those times, &c. &c. &c. Compiled from newspapers and other publications'' by W. H.  Carey. Archive.org. These books principally refer to Calcutta.
*''The good old days of Honorable John company; being curious reminiscences illustrating manners and customs of the British in India during the rule of the East India Co. from 1600 to 1858; with brief notices of places and people of those times, &c. &c. &c. Compiled from newspapers and other publications'' by W. H.  Carey. Archive.org. These books principally refer to Calcutta.
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*''The Early History and Growth of Calcutta'' by Binaya Krishna Deb 1905 [http://www.archive.org/details/earlyhistoryand00debgoog Archive.org]
*''The Early History and Growth of Calcutta'' by Binaya Krishna Deb 1905 [http://www.archive.org/details/earlyhistoryand00debgoog Archive.org]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/calcuttapastpres00blec#page/n7/mode/2up ''Calcutta, Past and Present''] by Kathleen Blechynden 1905 Archive.org.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/calcuttapastpres00blec#page/n7/mode/2up ''Calcutta, Past and Present''] by Kathleen Blechynden 1905 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/calcuttaoldandn00cottgoog ''Calcutta, Old and New: A Historical & Descriptive Handbook to the City''] by  H E A Cotton 1907 Archive.org.  Some pages are poorly filmed. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/56954 Pdf download],  Digital Library of India.  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/98358 1980 Edition, edited by N R Ray] Pdf download, DLI.
*[https://archive.org/details/calcuttaoldandn00cottgoog ''Calcutta, Old and New: A Historical & Descriptive Handbook to the City''] by  H E A Cotton 1907 Archive.org.  Some pages are poorly filmed. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/56954 Pdf download],  Digital Library of India.  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/98358 1980 Edition, edited by N R Ray] Pdf download, DLI. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98358 Archive.org]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924029787383#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Thackerays in India and some Calcutta graves''] by Sir William Wilson Hunter  1897 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924029787383#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Thackerays in India and some Calcutta graves''] by Sir William Wilson Hunter  1897 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MvgFbfjoUx8C&pg=PR8 ''The history, design, and present state of the religious, benevolent and charitable institutions, founded by the British in Calcutta and its vicinity''] by Charles Lushington 1824 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MvgFbfjoUx8C&pg=PR8 ''The history, design, and present state of the religious, benevolent and charitable institutions, founded by the British in Calcutta and its vicinity''] by Charles Lushington 1824 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/recollectionsofc00massiala#page/n5/mode/2up ''Recollections of Calcutta for over half a century''] by Montague Massey 1918 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/recollectionsofc00massiala#page/n5/mode/2up ''Recollections of Calcutta for over half a century''] by Montague Massey 1918 Archive.org
*''Calcutta in the 19th Century'' by P Thankappan Nair contains extracts by many authors and is available  to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The contents is computer page 10, and the index is computer page 1028. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/47382 Pdf download], DLI
*''Calcutta in the 19th Century'' by P Thankappan Nair contains extracts by many authors and is available  to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The contents is computer page 10, and the index is computer page 1028. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/47382 Pdf download], DLI. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47382 Archive.org].
*[https://archive.org/details/bygonedaysinindi00dewa ''Bygone Days in India''] by Douglas Dewar 1922. Archive.org. Extracts from accounts by various authors. Includes Calcutta. Covers the period early 1800s to c 1857.
*[https://archive.org/details/bygonedaysinindi00dewa ''Bygone Days in India''] by Douglas Dewar 1922. Archive.org. Extracts from accounts by various authors. Includes Calcutta. Covers the period early 1800s to c 1857.
*''Memoirs of William Hickey'': edited by Alfred Spencer, published 1913-1925. Note however the comment  that a later version, edited by Peter Quennell, London 1960, is to be preferred to that edited by Alfred Spencer, in which some of Hickey’s racier reportage is expurgated.<ref>Footnote in [http://www.asiaticsociety.org.bd/journals/Golden_jubilee_vol/articles/H_459%20(PJ%20Marshall).htm  "The Muharram Riot Of 1779 And The Struggle For Status And Authority In Early Colonial Calcutta"] by P J Marshall ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Golden Jubilee Volume 50 2005''</ref> Quennell’s edition was a one volume selection, with a slightly expanded edition in 1975.<ref>[https://books-and-records.com/products/58/1913/william_hickey_memoirs_of_a_georgian_rake_folio_society/ William Hickey: Memoirs of a Georgian Rake] books-and-records.com</ref>   
*''Memoirs of William Hickey'': edited by Alfred Spencer, published 1913-1925. Note however the comment  that a later version, edited by Peter Quennell, London 1960, is to be preferred to that edited by Alfred Spencer, in which some of Hickey’s racier reportage is expurgated.<ref>Footnote in [http://www.asiaticsociety.org.bd/journals/Golden_jubilee_vol/articles/H_459%20(PJ%20Marshall).htm  "The Muharram Riot Of 1779 And The Struggle For Status And Authority In Early Colonial Calcutta"] by P J Marshall ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Golden Jubilee Volume 50 2005''</ref> Quennell’s edition was a one volume selection, with a slightly expanded edition in 1975.<ref>[https://books-and-records.com/products/58/1913/william_hickey_memoirs_of_a_georgian_rake_folio_society/ William Hickey: Memoirs of a Georgian Rake] books-and-records.com</ref>   
:Edited by Alfred Spencer: [http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsofwilliam015028mbp#page/n1/mode/2up Volume 1  1749-1775] [http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsofwilliam015028mbp#page/n347/mode/2up/search/Index Index] Archive.org, [http://books.google.com/books?id=jXcNAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2 1775-1782] [http://books.google.com/books?id=jXcNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA397 Index] Google Books. Volume 3 (1782-1790) and Volume 4 (1790-1809)  may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Pdf downloads, DLI: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/41512 Volume III], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/41514 Volume IV].  
:Edited by Alfred Spencer: [http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsofwilliam015028mbp#page/n1/mode/2up Volume 1  1749-1775] [http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsofwilliam015028mbp#page/n347/mode/2up/search/Index Index] Archive.org, [http://books.google.com/books?id=jXcNAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2 1775-1782] [http://books.google.com/books?id=jXcNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA397 Index] Google Books. Volume 3 (1782-1790) and Volume 4 (1790-1809)  may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Pdf downloads, DLI: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/41512 Volume III], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.41512 archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/41514 Volume IV], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.41514 Archive.org].  
:Edited by Peter Quennell: [https://archive.org/details/prodigalrakememo00hickrich ''The Prodigal Rake: Memoirs of William Hickey''] 1962 is available to borrow from the Archive.org Lending Library. (Only one person at a time is able to read the book). You first need to register.
:Edited by Peter Quennell: [https://archive.org/details/prodigalrakememo00hickrich ''The Prodigal Rake: Memoirs of William Hickey''] 1962 is available to borrow from the Archive.org Lending Library. (Only one person at a time is able to read the book). You first need to register.
*[http://travel-letters.org/kindersley/ The Travel Letters of Mrs. Kindersley],  transcriptions from the book first published in 1777  ''Letters from the Island of Teneriffe, Brazil, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies''. The letters from India commence with  Letter 18 in Pondicherry June 1765 and conclude with letter 67 from Calcutta in 1768. Letters 20-21, and 64-67 are written from Calcutta. Note: Only the first page of the letter is displayed, click on the image for a full transcription. travel-letters.org. For further details see [[Travel accounts online]]
*[http://travel-letters.org/kindersley/ The Travel Letters of Mrs. Kindersley],  transcriptions from the book first published in 1777  ''Letters from the Island of Teneriffe, Brazil, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies''. The letters from India commence with  Letter 18 in Pondicherry June 1765 and conclude with letter 67 from Calcutta in 1768. Letters 20-21, and 64-67 are written from Calcutta. Note: Only the first page of the letter is displayed, click on the image for a full transcription. travel-letters.org. For further details see [[Travel accounts online]]
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*Calcutta in 1810 commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA131 page 131] ''Journal of a Residence in India'' by Maria Graham 2nd Edition 1813 Illustrated by Engravings. Google Books
*Calcutta in 1810 commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA131 page 131] ''Journal of a Residence in India'' by Maria Graham 2nd Edition 1813 Illustrated by Engravings. Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=tEcVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP1 ‪''Sketches of India; or, Observations descriptive of the scenery, &c., in Bengal. Written in India in the years 1811-14. With notes on the Cape of Good-Hope and St. Helena…''] ‬1816 Google Books. By an unknown author.  Also available as a [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005D8AC#?#loaded&c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1439.5689%2C-141.4444%2C4384.1378%2C2828.8889 British Library digital file]. The author has been described as "... certainly not in the services, shows no sign of having been in Company employ (although he is published by the booksellers to the HEIC), and gives no indication as to the purpose of his visit to India. We can only presume that he was a well-informed, and well-connected gentleman of means.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160917063443/https://www.vialibri.net/552display_i/year_1816_600_0.html ViaLibri list of books published in 1816] Scroll to book 13. Retrieved 17 September 2016.</ref>
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=tEcVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP1 ‪''Sketches of India; or, Observations descriptive of the scenery, &c., in Bengal. Written in India in the years 1811-14. With notes on the Cape of Good-Hope and St. Helena…''] ‬1816 Google Books. By an unknown author.  Also available as a [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005D8AC#?#loaded&c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1439.5689%2C-141.4444%2C4384.1378%2C2828.8889 British Library digital file]. The author has been described as "... certainly not in the services, shows no sign of having been in Company employ (although he is published by the booksellers to the HEIC), and gives no indication as to the purpose of his visit to India. We can only presume that he was a well-informed, and well-connected gentleman of means.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160917063443/https://www.vialibri.net/552display_i/year_1816_600_0.html ViaLibri list of books published in 1816] Scroll to book 13. Retrieved 17 September 2016.</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/originalletters00forsgoog ''The Original Letters from India of Mrs. Eliza Fay''] A new edition with an Introduction and notes by Rev Walter Firminger 1908 Archive.org. Originally published in 1817 as ''Original letters from India; containing a narrative of a journey through Egypt and the author's imprisonment at Calicut by Hyder Ally. To which is added, an abstract of three subsequent voyages to India''. By Mrs. Fay. Calcutta, 1817. A further edition, edited by E M Forster, was published in 1925 which is available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/61997 pdf download, Digital Library of India].  A comment seen indicates the later version may be preferable.
*[https://archive.org/details/originalletters00forsgoog ''The Original Letters from India of Mrs. Eliza Fay''] A new edition with an Introduction and notes by Rev Walter Firminger 1908 Archive.org. Originally published in 1817 as ''Original letters from India; containing a narrative of a journey through Egypt and the author's imprisonment at Calicut by Hyder Ally. To which is added, an abstract of three subsequent voyages to India''. By Mrs. Fay. Calcutta, 1817. A further edition, edited by E M Forster, was published in 1925 which is available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/61997 pdf download, Digital Library of India], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61997 Archive.org].  A comment seen indicates the later version may be preferable.
*Calcutta c 1819 commences [https://archive.org/stream/sketchesofindia00sherrich#page/106/mode/2up page 106], ''Sketches of India'' by 'An Officer for Fire-Side Travellers At-Home' [Captain Moyle Sherer] 2nd edition, with additions 1824 Archive.org.  The author's  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyle_Sherer Wikipedia] page indicates he was with the [[34th Regiment of Foot]].  
*Calcutta c 1819 commences [https://archive.org/stream/sketchesofindia00sherrich#page/106/mode/2up page 106], ''Sketches of India'' by 'An Officer for Fire-Side Travellers At-Home' [Captain Moyle Sherer] 2nd edition, with additions 1824 Archive.org.  The author's  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyle_Sherer Wikipedia] page indicates he was with the [[34th Regiment of Foot]].  
*Calcutta in 1836 commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA7 page 7 of Book 2] ''Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc'' by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one Google Books
*Calcutta in 1836 commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA7 page 7 of Book 2] ''Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc'' by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one Google Books
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*[https://archive.org/details/yesterdaytodayin00blan ''Yesterday and To-day in India''] by Sydney Laman Blanchard 1867 Archive.org. He was in India c 1854-1864. He was initially editor of the ''Bengal Hurkaru''. [http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=32 Sidney Laman Blanchard (1825–1883)] victorianresearch.org  
*[https://archive.org/details/yesterdaytodayin00blan ''Yesterday and To-day in India''] by Sydney Laman Blanchard 1867 Archive.org. He was in India c 1854-1864. He was initially editor of the ''Bengal Hurkaru''. [http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=32 Sidney Laman Blanchard (1825–1883)] victorianresearch.org  
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lnMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA62 "Adulterated Liquor sold to Sailors and Soldiers in the Bazars of Calcutta"] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=lnMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA65  "The dangers to which Sailors and Soldiers are exposed in the Bazars of Calcutta"] from ''On the preservation of the health of seamen, especially of those frequenting Calcutta and the other Indian ports'' by Norman Chevers MD, Surgeon, Bengal Army 1864 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lnMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA62 "Adulterated Liquor sold to Sailors and Soldiers in the Bazars of Calcutta"] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=lnMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA65  "The dangers to which Sailors and Soldiers are exposed in the Bazars of Calcutta"] from ''On the preservation of the health of seamen, especially of those frequenting Calcutta and the other Indian ports'' by Norman Chevers MD, Surgeon, Bengal Army 1864 Google Books
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/128152 ''Indian Gods Sages And Cities''] by C Cesary 1881, which contains much information about Calcutta. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/128152 ''Indian Gods Sages And Cities''] by C Cesary 1881, which contains much information about Calcutta. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.128152 Archive.org]
**Catholic Institutions in Calcutta c 1881  [http://books.google.com/books?id=OJ_CknHdCbUC&pg=PA172 page 172] reprint of original published 1881  at Calcutta by Catholic Orphan Press.  Preview Google Books 1987
**Catholic Institutions in Calcutta c 1881  [http://books.google.com/books?id=OJ_CknHdCbUC&pg=PA172 page 172] reprint of original published 1881  at Calcutta by Catholic Orphan Press.  Preview Google Books 1987
*''Report of the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Town  of Calcutta'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=WYoIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Third Half-yearly Report 1850], [http://books.google.com/books?id=WYoIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP23 Fourth  Half-yearly Report 1851], [http://books.google.com/books?id=WYoIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP45 Tenth Report, for the year 1853] Google Books
*''Report of the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Town  of Calcutta'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=WYoIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Third Half-yearly Report 1850], [http://books.google.com/books?id=WYoIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP23 Fourth  Half-yearly Report 1851], [http://books.google.com/books?id=WYoIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP45 Tenth Report, for the year 1853] Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromr00indgoog#page/n427/mode/1up ''Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal: no 10: Report on the Establishment of Water-Works to Supply the City of Calcutta''] 1853 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromr00indgoog#page/n427/mode/1up ''Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal: no 10: Report on the Establishment of Water-Works to Supply the City of Calcutta''] 1853 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=0z0DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Report on the Drainage and Conservancy of Calcutta''] by David Boyes Smith M.D., Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal 1869 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=0z0DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Report on the Drainage and Conservancy of Calcutta''] by David Boyes Smith M.D., Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal 1869 Google Books
*''Municipal Calcutta: Its Institutions in their Origins and Growth'' by SW Goode 1916, is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Table of Contents is computer page 16. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/33547 Pdf download], DLI
*''Municipal Calcutta: Its Institutions in their Origins and Growth'' by SW Goode 1916, is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Table of Contents is computer page 16. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/33547 Pdf download], DLI, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.33547 Archive.org].
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/58/mode/2up/ "The City of Calcutta"] from ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their history, people, commerce and industrial resources'' by  Somerset Playne, J W  Bond, edited by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org.   
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/58/mode/2up/ "The City of Calcutta"] from ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their history, people, commerce and industrial resources'' by  Somerset Playne, J W  Bond, edited by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org.   
*''Bengal Past and Present-Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society''
*''Bengal Past and Present-Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society''
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:*'''Restricted access''' only, possibly available to those in North America and some other countries [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000542668 Hathi Trust Digital Library]
:*'''Restricted access''' only, possibly available to those in North America and some other countries [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000542668 Hathi Trust Digital Library]
*[https://archive.org/details/storylallbazarb00wenggoog '' The Story of the Lall Bazar Baptist Church, Calcutta: Being the History of Carey's Church from  24th April 1800 to the Present Day''] by Edward Steane Wenger 1908 Archive.org. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/storylallbazarb00wenggoog#page/n604/mode/2up An Alphabetical List of members of the Church] and other lists,  following page 575.  [https://archive.org/stream/storylallbazarb00wenggoog#page/n664/mode/2up Index]
*[https://archive.org/details/storylallbazarb00wenggoog '' The Story of the Lall Bazar Baptist Church, Calcutta: Being the History of Carey's Church from  24th April 1800 to the Present Day''] by Edward Steane Wenger 1908 Archive.org. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/storylallbazarb00wenggoog#page/n604/mode/2up An Alphabetical List of members of the Church] and other lists,  following page 575.  [https://archive.org/stream/storylallbazarb00wenggoog#page/n664/mode/2up Index]
*"Slavery Days in Old Calcutta" by Syud Hossain, ''Bengal Past and Present, Volume II, Part II 1908'', pages 271-276 is  available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Catalogued as (1908) vol. 2, pt. 2; computer pages 22-27. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/181698 Pdf download vol. 2, pt. 2] DLI.
*"Slavery Days in Old Calcutta" by Syud Hossain, ''Bengal Past and Present, Volume II, Part II 1908'', pages 271-276 is  available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Catalogued as (1908) vol. 2, pt. 2; computer pages 22-27. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/181698 Pdf download vol. 2, pt. 2] DLI. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181698 Archive.org]
*John Williamson Palmer  was an American [[Doctor|doctor]] and author who wrote c 1858 [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924022250405#page/n337/mode/2up/ "The Chorus of the Palanquin Bearers"], a description of his transit through Cossitollah Street, Calcutta<ref>  Reprinted in ''Oliver Wendell Holmes, poet, littérateur, scientist'', page 330 by William Sloane Kennedy 1883, Archive.org, originally from ''Atlantic Monthly'', January 1858 </ref>.  [http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12825SX1354O1.90703&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!58937~!41&ri=1&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Calcutta&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ri=1#focus  Photograph of Man in Palki (Palanquin) in Calcutta] from the Smithsonian Institution. Click image to enlarge.
*John Williamson Palmer  was an American [[Doctor|doctor]] and author who wrote c 1858 [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924022250405#page/n337/mode/2up/ "The Chorus of the Palanquin Bearers"], a description of his transit through Cossitollah Street, Calcutta<ref>  Reprinted in ''Oliver Wendell Holmes, poet, littérateur, scientist'', page 330 by William Sloane Kennedy 1883, Archive.org, originally from ''Atlantic Monthly'', January 1858 </ref>.  [http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12825SX1354O1.90703&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!58937~!41&ri=1&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Calcutta&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ri=1#focus  Photograph of Man in Palki (Palanquin) in Calcutta] from the Smithsonian Institution. Click image to enlarge.
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RzxcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''‪Rules and Regulations of La Martiniere, Founded in Calcutta Under the Will of Major General Claude Martin: With an Extract of the Will of the Testator, the Decree of the Supreme Court with Regard to the Same, and Other Documents‬''] 1835 Google Books
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RzxcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''‪Rules and Regulations of La Martiniere, Founded in Calcutta Under the Will of Major General Claude Martin: With an Extract of the Will of the Testator, the Decree of the Supreme Court with Regard to the Same, and Other Documents‬''] 1835 Google Books

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Calcutta
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 22.572625°N, 88.363893°E
Altitude: 9 m (30 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Kolkata
State/Province: West Bengal
Country: India
Transport links
East Indian Railway (Howrah)
Bengal-Nagpur Railway
Calcutta and South Eastern Railway (Sealdah)
Eastern Bengal Railway (Sealdah)
Calcutta Port Commissioners' Railway
Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway
Barasat-Basirhat Light Railway
Futwah-Islampur Light Railway
Howrah-Amta Light Railway
Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway
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places of interest during the British period
Calcutta



Calcutta (present day Kolkata) is a large city in north-east India. Calcutta was the headquarters of the Government of the Bengal Presidency. It was also the capital of British India until Delhi became the capital on 12th December 1911. The city had a large European mercantile community.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Kolkata
Variants: Calcutta

FIBIS resources

  • FIBIS database: Percy-Smith/Bullock papers Graves and Monuments contains some entries from the "Church of Our Lady of Delores, Baithakhana, Calcutta and Surah Cemetary. Hand written transcript taken and rearranged from 'The Registers & Inscriptions of the Church of Our Lady etc. by Rev H. Hosten Calcutta 1915", refer Churches and missions, Roman Catholic, below. This church was founded in 1810 and some of the records date back to that early period. Entries were noted in Inscriptions Volume 1, but it is not known if there are additional entries in other volumes
  • Images of Calcutta in Fibiwiki collection
  • "Eliza Fay: New Aspects" by David Atkinson FIBIS Journal Number 24 (Autumn 2010), pages 1-11. For details of how to access this article, see FIBIS Journals.
  • "The Imhoff Inheritance" by Pippa Milnamow FIBIS Journal Number 27 (Spring 2012), pages 3-13. Includes details of Belvedere House, now the National Library.

Military history

Battle of Calcutta 1757
3rd Carnatic War

Location

Calcutta is now known as Kolkata in modern day India and is situated at 22°33′N, 88°20′E in the Ganges Delta.

Places of interest

Calcutta in 1862

The Maidan

The site of Fort William, the Maidan was (and still is) the centre of Calcutta. It was bounded on the west side by the Hooghly River and the Strand Road, and on the east side by Chowringhi Road. Government House, the Governor's residence, was at the north end of the Maidan and Belvedere, the residence of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, was near the southern end.

Eden Gardens

The Eden Gardens were started by Lord Auckland's sisters and are beautifully laid out. They were the main gathering place of Calcutta Society in the time of the British Raj. They are also the home of India's oldest cricket ground, the Calcutta Cricket Club, and have a lake which was the home of the Calcutta Rowing Club. Beside the lake is a Burmese Pagoda brought from Prome and set up in 1856. There were many statues in the Gardens. Calcutta Eden Gardens Links to a postcard of Eden Gardens in the Fibiwiki images collection

Churches and missions

Images of Churches can be found in FIBIS Gallery, FIBIS Database and Fibiwiki

Anglican

Roman Catholic Church, Dhurrumtollah Street, Calcutta

Roman Catholic

  • RC Cathedral (Virgin Mary of the Rosary) - built 1797. Also known as the Portuguese Church, it was located in the area called Murgihatta (Murghihatta, now Murgighata). [1]
  • St Patrick's Chapel, Fort William - built 1857
  • St Theresa - built 1893
  • St Thomas' Church - (Middleton Row). Begun in 1841, adjacent to the Convent of Our Lady of Loreto
  • Church of Our Lady of Dolours, Boitakhana (Baithakhana), founded in 1810, as a Portuguese mission church. The address of the Church was 147 Bipin Behari Ganguly Street (Old Bowbazar Street). It is situated quite close to the Sealdah Station, and near the Railway Barracks where most of the Anglo Indian who were employed by the Railway lived. [2] A book was published in 1915 in Calcutta The Registers & Inscriptions of the Church of Our Lady of Dolours, Baithakhana (1810-1914) by Fr H Hosten. A copy of this book is available in Calcutta at the Goethals Indian Library category Various Indian Missions subcategory Portuguese Jurisdiction, reference Id : 38L/135. At least some of the records appear in the FIBIS database, refer above, but it is suspected that only some of the records were copied by Percy-Smith and Bullock. From copies of baptismal records obtained from the Church in the 1960s, and held by the FIBIS research co-ordinator, it would appear that some of the registers in the 1800s were noted in Portuguese.
  • Catholic [and other] Heritage Churches of Calcutta goethals.in
  • The [Catholic] Archdiocese of Calcutta with contact details

Other denominations

  • St Andrew's Church of Scotland - opened 1818. Website for St Andrew’s Church with contact details. Previously the website advised that the church holds the Scottish Cemetery Burial Register from its inception in 1826 and Baptism and Marriage Registers of St Andrew's Church, Kolkata and for small fee would search and provide a copy of an extract. It also holds the Baptism and Marriage Registers and some other documents for Church of Scotland cantonment Churches throughout India, Ceylon, Burma and some Gulf stations.[3] Note however this wording no longer appears. In the past a researcher reported a lack of response to emails, so a personal visit may be necessary. Note also that this church is now part of the [Anglican/Protestant] Church of North India, refer above.
  • Greek Church - established 1780.
  • Holy Church of Nazareth (Armenian) - built in 1724. Dr. Reuben Khachaturyan/Liz Chater have transcribed all the baptisms at this church. They can be viewed on the FIBIS database. Liz also has many photos of graves at the Nazareth Church on her website.

Missions

  • Church Mission Society
  • Free Church of Scotland - started in 1830
  • London Missionary Society
  • Oxford Mission - Church of England
  • Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (Anglican)

External links

Non-Christian places of worship

As well as the temples and mosques that served the general Indian populace, Calcutta also housed:

  • Parsi temple
  • Synagogue
  • Chinese temple

Cemeteries

See Cemeteries in Calcutta. There is also information about the crematorium.

Education

Colleges

  • Bengal School of Art
  • Bishop's College, Circular Road - run by the Oxford Mission
  • Calcutta Medical College - formerly Bengal Medical College, founded 1835
  • Doveton College
  • Presidency College

Schools

Also refer Orphans and Calcutta schools c late 1700s

Economy and business

Colootollah street , Calcutta

Also see

External Links

Encyclopedia entries
Maps
Guides and directories

See Directories online for links to many directories with information on Calcutta.

Images
Calcutta 1947. Photographs, at least some of which appear to come from the above album, on flickr.com.
Other

Historical books online

Also see Newspapers and journals online for many Calcutta publications including the Calcutta Review

Edited by Alfred Spencer: Volume 1 1749-1775 Index Archive.org, Volume 2 1775-1782 Index Google Books. Volume 3 (1782-1790) and Volume 4 (1790-1809) may be viewed online on the Digital Library of India website. Pdf downloads, DLI: Volume III, archive.org; Volume IV, Archive.org.
Edited by Peter Quennell: The Prodigal Rake: Memoirs of William Hickey 1962 is available to borrow from the Archive.org Lending Library. (Only one person at a time is able to read the book). You first need to register.
Bengal, Past and Present, Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society was first published 1907 and is a very valuable source of information. Volumes are available at the British Library. There are published indexes, each of one volume, as follows: Volumes 1 (July 1907)-8 (June 1914); Volumes 9 (1914)-18 (1919); Volumes 1 (1907)-85 (1966); Volumes 1 (1907)-104 (1985). In addition, the British Library has an index for Volumes 19-29.
Note that a different Journal, with a somewhat similar name, is the Calcutta Historical Journal, published by the University of Calcutta, first published July 1976, available at the British Library
  • Volume 39, Part 1 Jan-March 1930 Archive.org
  • Volume 41, Part 2, April- June 1931 pages 101-188 Archive.org
  • A broken range of volumes to 1939, plus 1955 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Volume 2, part 2, commences at (actual) page 205, contents is computer page 8. Volume 25 has Volume 26 from computer page 211. Volume 44 is July-December 1932 and commences page 103, contents is computer page 7. Volume 49 has the language coded as bengali, so will not appear if the search is for english language books. Refer Bengal, Past and Present, Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society for links to pdfs, Digital Library of India.
    • Baptisms 1767 -1777 and Baptisms 1778-1782 Transcriptions from Registers of St John's, Calcutta by E W Madge as they appeared in Bengal Past and Present[8] – this link is to website of Madge Family of Bengal. Each listing contains many pages of biographical notes (13 and 16 pages respectively). The first page of the second document lists articles in other volumes of BP&P containing transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials to 1800, some of which are available online on the Digital Library of India website. Other articles are available at the British Library. Note: Some of these records have been transcribed and are available on the FIBIS database in the category Publications.
      • Baptisms 1713-1758 BPP Volume XXI, pp 143-159
      • Baptisms 1769-1766 BPP Volume V, pp 325-332
      • Marriages 1713-1754 BBP Volume IX, Part II, Serial No 18, Oct-Dec 1914 pp 217-243. Available online on DLI, catalogued as vol. 9, 1918; computer pages 86-112.
      • Marriages 1759-1779 BBP Volume IV, July-Dec 1909 pp 486-512. Available online on DLI as (1909) vol. 4; computer pages 107-147
      • Marriages 1780-1785 BPP Volume VII, pp 164-171. Available online on DLI, catalogued as (1917) vol. 7 but published c 1911; computer pages 197-204
      • Marriages 1785-1792 BBP Volume XVI, Part I, Serial No 31, Jan-March 1918 pp 41-71 Available online on DLI as vol.16, pt. 1; computer pages 52-82
      • Marriages 1781-1800 (Supplementary Register) BBP Volume XXI, pp 76-141
      • Burials 1713-1755 BPP Volume X, Jan-June 1915, Serial Nos 19-20, pp 257-284 Available online on DLI as vol.10; computer pages 84-111
      • Burials 1759-1761 BBP Volume V, pp 136-142
      • Burials 1762-1774 BBP Volume VI 1910, pp 92-126 Available online on DLI, catalogued as Volume 6, no 12; computer pages 143-177
      • Burials 1775-81 BPP Volume 31 (Jan-Jun 1926) pages 130-156. Available online on DLI, catalogued as Vol.31,Part.1,Serial no.61, computer pages 149-175
      • Burials 1782-88 Volume 32 II (Oct-Dec 1926) pages 109-132. Available online on DLI, catalogued as vol.32, computer pages 132-155
  • Restricted access only, possibly available to those in North America and some other countries Hathi Trust Digital Library

References

  1. "Shortly after the English came, the Portuguese who were the only people who kept fowls, were allotted a quarter which came to be designated as Murgihatta". Comment by A K Roy page 31 Calcutta Mosaic: Essays and Interviews on the Minority Communities of Calcutta Google Books
  2. Munro, George Entally Rootsweb India Mailing List 1 December 2004. Retrieved 20 February 2015
  3. Previous Home page and Archive St. Andrew's Church. Retrieved 28 October 2014
  4. "Calcutta v/s Kolkata ... Revisiting A Yank's Memory" June 6, 2015 Wunderlust. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  5. Footnote in "The Muharram Riot Of 1779 And The Struggle For Status And Authority In Early Colonial Calcutta" by P J Marshall Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Golden Jubilee Volume 50 2005
  6. William Hickey: Memoirs of a Georgian Rake books-and-records.com
  7. ViaLibri list of books published in 1816 Scroll to book 13. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  8. Available on the Digital Library of India website. Bengal Past and Present Volume 25, Parts I and II (Series nos 49-50) January-June 1923, pages 130-155 and Volume 26, part 2, 1923, pages 142-168, DLI computer pages 45-71
  9. Reprinted in Oliver Wendell Holmes, poet, littérateur, scientist, page 330 by William Sloane Kennedy 1883, Archive.org, originally from Atlantic Monthly, January 1858