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It should be noted that the word orphan had a wider meaning than currently applies, and included children who had lost their father, but whose mother was still alive.
[[Image:FIBIS_Jnl_022.jpg|thumb|right|The Lower Orphan School at Howrah in 1794]]
==Bengal Presidency==
===Calcutta===
====Upper Orphan School====
*Maureen Evers, "Four Orphan Schools in Calcutta and the Lawrence Military Asylum Sanawar, Part 1: History," ''FIBIS Journal'' No 22 (Autumn 2009), pages 1-14. "Part II: parents, conditions, prospects" ''FIBIS Journal'' No 23 (Spring 2010), pages 5-14. For details of how to access these articles, see [[FIBIS Journals]].
