Bengal, Past and Present, Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society
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Bengal, Past and Present, Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society was first published 1907 and is a very valuable source of information.
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. Unfortunately, none of these appear to be available online.
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,
Editions available on Hathi Trust Digital Library
Restricted access only, possibly available to those in North America and some other countries Hathi Trust Digital Library catalogue entry
Editions available on the Digital Library of India
Editions available on the Digital Library of India to download as pdfs. The following edition information is taken from the DLI catalogue details, amended if otherwise known. The year may be the date the articles were originally published, or the date the book editions were published. Some digital volumes may contain further editions at the back.
Mirror editions of these files are now available on Archive.org. Some of these files currently may be read online, but it is expected that in time, this facility will be available for all files.
Vol. 1 July - December, 1907 | (1908) Vol. 2, No. 1- 2 January – April | (1908) Vol. 2, No. 3 July
Consists of pages 265-430 (unindexed) Vol. 2, Pt. 2 438 pages Archive.org version |
(1909) Vol. 3, No. 1- 2 January – June | (1909) Vol. 4 July - December |
(1910) Vol. 6, No. 12 July – September 528 pages
(1910) Vol. 6 July - December 298 pages The digital file appears to be October -December only, from page 179. |
Vol. 7 (1911, catalogued 1917) | Vol. 8 1914
Archive.org version Unindexed pages, pages 1-149. |
Vol. 9 Part 2 Oct-Dec 1914 Serial No 18 (catalogued 1918) | Vol.10 1915 April-June only. |
Vol.11, Pt. 2 Serial No. 22, 1915 | Vol.12, Pt. 1 Serial No.23, 1916 | Vol.13 1916 | ||
Vol.16, Pt. 1 January - March, 1918; Serial No.31 | Vol. 18 Serial No. 35-36 1919 | Vol. 19 Serial No. 37-38 1919 | Vol. 20 - 21 (January-June) 1920 |
Vol. 25 1923 | ||||
Vol. 26, Pt.1, No.51 1923
Archive.org version Contents Vol. 26 July-Dec At the rear of the book Vol. 25 unindexed |
Vol.28 1924 | Vol.29 1925 | Vol.30, Pt.1, No.59 1925 | |
Vol.31, Pt.1, Serial No.61 1926
Vol.31 1926 |
Vol.32 1926 | Vol.33-34 | Vol.34, Pt. 1 Serial No.67, 1927 | Vol.35 1928 |
Vol. 37-38 1929 | Volume 39, Part 1 Jan-March 1930 Archive.org | Volume 41, Part 2, April- June 1931 pages 101-188 Archive.org
Contents: April June 1931 from page 101. Additionally there are a few relacement pages for an earlier edition. |
Vol.44, nos.87-88, 1932
Vol.44 1932 Archive.org version Contents July-December 1932, from page 103, so probably Oct-Dec 1932. Contents: April -June 1933 V45/90 |
Volume 45, Issue 90, April-June 1933, see previous file for Volume 44. | Vol.49, Pt.1 1935 | Vol.50, Pt.1, Serial No.99 1935
Also Volume 49, unindexed | |
Vol.51,Pt.1, No.101, 1936 | Vol.52, no.103, July-September, 1936 | Vol.53, Pt.1, Serial No.105 1937 | Vol.54, Pt.1-2, nos.107-8, July-Dec, 1937 | Vol.55, Pt. 1 and 2, Serial Nos.109-10 |
Vol.56, Serial Nos.113-114, Jan-June 1939 | Vol.74, (Jan-Dec) 1955
Appears to contain 1954 also. Contents: Probably Serials 136 and 137 Jan-Dec 1954 |