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*St Thomas School, Kidderpore - founded 1789 as the [[Orphans#Calcutta|Free School]]
*St. Xavier's Collegiate School - founded by the Jesuits in 1860
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140108152406/http://www.loreto.in:80/LTPV/heritage3.php The History of Loreto Sisters in India] began in Calcutta] www.loretoArchived webpage.in
==Economy and business==
** "Pioneers in Leather Goods" by Christine Furedy in B. Sarkar (ed.), ''Capital Book of Nostalgia'', Calcutta, Capital Press, 1980, pp.16-17. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorku.ca%2Ffuredy%2Fpapers%2Fko%2Fpioneer80.doc html version]; [http://www.yorku.ca/furedy/papers/ko/pioneer80.doc Original Microsoft Word document], a download to your computer, which must then be opened.
**"Era of Mail-Order Shopping" "Series of Articles on the History of Retail Trade in Calcutta." ''Capital'', Vol 183, No. 4587, December 24, 1979, pp 4-10. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorku.ca%2Ffuredy%2Fpapers%2Fko%2F3art79.doc html version]; [http://www.yorku.ca/furedy/papers/ko/3art79.doc Original Microsoft Word document], a download to your computer, which must then be opened.
**"Retail Trade in Calcutta:Offshoot from the land of shopkeepers." Capital, Vol 183, No. 4587, December 24, 1979, pp 4-10. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorku.ca%2Ffuredy%2Fpapers%2Fko%2Frtcalcu79.doc html version]; [http://www.yorku.ca/furedy/papers/ko/rtcalcu79.doc Original Microsoft Word document], a download to your computer, which must then be opened.
**"Development of Modern Elite Retailing in Calcutta, 1880-1920" by Christine Furedy ''The Indian Economic and Social History Review, Vol. XVI, No. 4 1980'', pp. 378-394. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorku.ca%2Ffuredy%2Fpapers%2Fko%2Fretailko.doc html version]; [http://www.yorku.ca/furedy/papers/ko/retailko.doc Original Microsoft Word document], a download to your computer, which must then be opened.
**"British Tradesmen of Calcutta 1830-1900: A preliminary study of their economic and political roles" by Christine Furedy in C.B. Sealy (ed.) ''Women Politics and Literature in Bengal'' east Lansing: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1981, pp. 43-62. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorku.ca%2Ffuredy%2Fpapers%2Fko%2FBTC1830.doc html version]; [http://www.yorku.ca/furedy/papers/ko/BTC1830.doc Original Microsoft Word document], a download to your computer, which must then be opened.
**"Hall & Anderson" by Christine Furedy in B. Sarkar (ed.), ''Capital Book of Nostalgia, Calcutta'', Capital Press, 1981, pp.17-18. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorku.ca%2Ffuredy%2Fpapers%2Fko%2Fhallan81.doc html version]; [http://www.yorku.ca/furedy/papers/ko/hallan81.doc Original Microsoft Word document], a download to your computer, which must then be opened.
*[httphttps://fdsbooks.oupgoogle.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdfau/0-19-816730-X.pdf books?id=wOu7n7JuuEsC&pg=PA1 "The Calcutta Piano Trade in the Late Eighteenth Century"] by Ian Woodfield from the book ''Music and British Culture, 1785-1914 Essays in Honour of Cyril Ehrlich'' 2000. Oxford University PressGoogle Books.
*[http://double-dolphin.blogspot.com/2015/01/bathgate-co-camac-street-ballygunge.html Bathgate & Co., Camac Street & Ballygunge Circular Road] Bathgate & Co. were the first British chemists in the city of Calcutta, with the Scottish-owned firm starting business in 1811. double-dolphin.com
*[[Calcutta Businesses in 1933]]
*[https://www.livehistoryindia.com/lhi-book-club/2021/02/08/robert-ivermee Robert Ivermee on ''Hooghly: The Global History of a River''] Live History India Book Club. Contains a YouTube video (50 minutes). Includes the establishment of Calcutta.
*[http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/black-hole-calcutta The Black Hole of Calcutta] by Richard Cavendish ''History Today Volume 56 Issue 6 2006''. This incident occurred on the night of 20 June 1756 at Fort William.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150912043915/http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/stellent/groups/corporatesite/@msh_publishing_group/documents/web_document/wtd006093.pdf "Town planning and public health in Calcutta in the 18th and 19th centuries"] by Dr Partho Datta ''Wellcome History'' Issue No.22 February 2003, pages 2-4, archived.*Changed street names, old and new [https://web.archive.org/web/20130810222819/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/roadnamech.shtml Calcuttaweb.com]archived, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313224317/http://www.cyp.in/showUsefulInformation.asp?useCatid=29&useCatName=Changed%20Street%20Names Calcutta Yellow Pages]archived.
*Articles, with photographs by Dibyendu Banerjee. noisebreak.com. Scroll down for individual entries, and click to expand each entry. There is more than one page of entries for each category.
**[http://noisebreak.com/category/kolkata/churches-synagogues-of-colonial-calcutta/ Churches & Synagogues Of Colonial Calcutta]
**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/50/a5756150.shtml The bombing of Calcutta by the Japanese] by Katyun Randhawa bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar
**[https://indianvagabond.com/2017/09/04/japanese-air-raids-on-kolkata-during-wwii/amp/ Japanese Air Raids on Kolkata during WWII] indianvagabond.com.
*Kolkata Sports Heritage [http://www.scribd.com/doc/7189569/Kolkata-Sports-Heritage Kolkata Sports Heritage] Scribd.com], also available [https://pdfslide.net/documents/kolkata-sports-heritage.html pdfslide.net] and [https://dokumen.tips/documents/kolkata-sports-heritage.html dokumen.tips].*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111012141649/http://www.indiarace.com/TurfClubs/Calcutta/RCTC.htm Royal Calcutta Turf Club] Indiarace.com, archived.
*[http://www.calcuttarowingclub.co.in/about.php Calcutta Rowing Club]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130630133400/http://www.gqindia.com/content/kolkata%E2%80%99skolkata’s-finest-gentlemen%E2%80%99sgentlemen’s-clubs Kolkata’s finest gentlemen’s clubs] by Ashwin Rajagopalan 12 June 2011 gqindia.com, archived.*[httphttps://www.thetollygungeclub.com/Hometollygungeclub.htm The org Tollygunge Club], founded in 1895; [http://www.india-seminar.com/2006/559/559%20belinda%20wright.htm <nowiki>[</nowiki>Memories of<nowiki>]</nowiki> Tollygunge club] by Belinda Wright, probably written 2006; [http://www.flickr.com/photos/46953122@N08/4313864270/ Photograph of the Tollygunge Club, Calcutta: Inside one of the old buildings built during the British Raj] flickr.com*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110922052110/http://www.freemason.com/library/sons01.htm ''The Sons Of Mystery: A Masonic Miscellany From Old Calcutta''] by Pratap Chandra Chunder 1973, archived.
*[http://www.joydiv.org/familygoingback/theatres.htm Empire Theatre and Theatre Royal, Calcutta] joydiv.org
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151008212851/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111225/jsp/graphiti/story_14923690.jsp "A merry journey: Take a walk down memory lane as we evoke the ghosts of Christmases past" [Calcutta at Christmas<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Suktara Ghosh and Tania Bhattacharya ''The Telegraph, Calcutta'' 25 December 2011, now an archived webpage.
*[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2261676/Cliff-Richards-India-How-singers-career-actually-began-Calcutta.html Cliff's Calcutta: How Richard's singing career actually began in the British Raj] by Steve Turner 13 January 2013 dailymail.co.uk. The singer Cliff Richard , born Harry Rodger Webb in 1940 lived in India until the family left (c 1947). Also see [[Anglo Indian]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131031234152/http://www.calcuttatramways.com/history.htm Calcutta Tramways Company Limited] was established in 1880. Archived webpage.
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