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*''Bengal MS. Records. A Selected List of 14,136 Letters in the Board of Revenue, Calcutta 1782-1807'' by William Wilson Hunter 1894 Archive.org | *''Bengal MS. Records. A Selected List of 14,136 Letters in the Board of Revenue, Calcutta 1782-1807'' by William Wilson Hunter 1894 Archive.org | ||
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords00revegoog#page/n7/mode/1up Volume 1, 1782-1793] with a [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords00revegoog#page/n13/mode/1up Dissertation on Landed Property and Land Rights in Bengal at the End of the Eighteenth Century],[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords01revegoog#page/n5/mode/1up Volume 2, 1794-1797], [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords025019mbp#page/n0/mode/2up Volume 3, 1798-1801], [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords00unkngoog#page/n5/mode/ Volume 4, 1802-1807] with an [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords00unkngoog#page/n327/mode/1up Index of all four volumes] | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords00revegoog#page/n7/mode/1up Volume 1, 1782-1793] with a [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords00revegoog#page/n13/mode/1up Dissertation on Landed Property and Land Rights in Bengal at the End of the Eighteenth Century],[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords01revegoog#page/n5/mode/1up Volume 2, 1794-1797], [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords025019mbp#page/n0/mode/2up Volume 3, 1798-1801], [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords00unkngoog#page/n5/mode/ Volume 4, 1802-1807] with an [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords00unkngoog#page/n327/mode/1up Index of all four volumes] | ||
| + | *''Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire from the Official Records of the Colonial Office'' by Robert Montgomery Martin 1839 Google Books. ''Book IV- Possessions in Asia'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PvtqMe2cxhoC&pg=PA273 "Chapter I-Hindostan"] pages 273-368 | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/annalsofruralben00huntuoft ''The Annals of Rural Bengal''] by William Wilson Hunter 1868 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/annalsofruralben00huntuoft ''The Annals of Rural Bengal''] by William Wilson Hunter 1868 Archive.org | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=1HwDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Bradshaw's Hand-book to the Bengal Presidency, and Western Provinces of India''] 1860 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=1HwDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Bradshaw's Hand-book to the Bengal Presidency, and Western Provinces of India''] 1860 Google Books | ||
Revision as of 02:43, 12 February 2015
An adminsitrative subdivision of British India. The Bengal Presidency covered the north and east of India and East Bengal (now called Bangladesh).
See Presidencies in the Beginners' Guide
External Links
- Bengal Presidency 1633-1757 Google Books
- Bengal Presidency Wikipedia
- 1850 Map of the Diocese of Calcutta The Colonial Church Atlas 3rd Edition 1850. National Library of Australia Digital Collections-Maps Catalogue entry
Historical books online
- Bengal; its Chiefs, Agents, and Governors by Frederick Charles Danvers 1888 Archive.org
- Selections from unpublished records of government for the years 1748-1767 inclusive relating mainly to the social condition of Bengal, with a map of Calcutta in 1784, Volume I by Rev J. Long, member of the Government Record Commission. 1869 Google Books. Index Note: Map not included
- A Description of the Roads in Bengal and Bahar by James Rennell 1778 Google Books
- Bengal MS. Records. A Selected List of 14,136 Letters in the Board of Revenue, Calcutta 1782-1807 by William Wilson Hunter 1894 Archive.org
- Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire from the Official Records of the Colonial Office by Robert Montgomery Martin 1839 Google Books. Book IV- Possessions in Asia "Chapter I-Hindostan" pages 273-368
- The Annals of Rural Bengal by William Wilson Hunter 1868 Archive.org
- Bradshaw's Hand-book to the Bengal Presidency, and Western Provinces of India 1860 Google Books
- Handbook of the Bengal Presidency. With an account of Calcutta City by Edward E Eastwick, published by John Murray 1882 Archive.org
- Bengal under the lieutenant-governors; being a narrative of the principal events and public measures during their periods of office, from 1854 to 1898 by Charles Edward Buckland 1901 Archive.org Volume 1, Volume 2
- Annual Report on the Administration of the Bengal Presidency for ... 1860-61, 1861-62,1862-63, 1863-64 , 1864-65,1865-66, 1866-67, 1867-68 , 1868-69 Google Books
- The Indian Official Thesaurus: Being Introductory to Annals of Indian Administration Compiled by Meredith Townsend 1858 Google Books. A guide to records.
- The Annals of Indian Administration, edited by Meredith Townsend and later George Smith. Selected extracts from the Records of the Indian, Bengal, Madras Bombay, NWP, and Punjab and perhaps other Governments. Google Books. Many additional volumes up to Volume 19 1873-74 may be viewed online on the Digital Library of India website.
- History of The Portuguese in Bengal by J J A Campos 1919 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. For barcode 99999990174384, the Contents is computer page 16.
- Chota Nagpore, a little-known province of the empire by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt. Second edition 1910 Archive.org
- Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their History, People, Commerce and Industrial Resources compiled by Somerset Playne, assisted by J. W. Bond, edited by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org
