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Authors: Geoffrey Moorhouse

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wealth of,
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health in,
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taxation in,
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population of,
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strikes in,
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terrorism in,
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mentioned,
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bombing,
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3
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Bonaparte, Napoleon,
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books,
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,

and
see
printers;

publishers

Bose, Netaji Subhas Chandra,
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Boughton, Dr Gabriel,
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Bowbazar,
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3

Braboume Road,
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Brahma the Creator,
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2

Brahmaputra River,
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Brahmins, Brahminism,
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Brahmo Samaj,
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2

bridges
see
Hoogly River, crossings

Britain, British, population in Calcutta,
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,
2
;

death rate of,
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,
2
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development of Calcutta,
1
,
2
;

see
also
architecture;

social life,
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orientalists,
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commercial interests,
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administration of,
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expatriates in India,
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and Independence Day,
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;

see
al
so
army;

East Indian Company

British Council,
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,
2
,
3

British Indian Association,
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2

Buchanan, Professor Colin,
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Buddhism,
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Buckingham House,
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Budge Budge,
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,
3

building,
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3
,
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,

see
also
architecture;

housing

Bulganin,
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bullocks, bulls,
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Burdwan,
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Burdwan Maharajadhiraja of Burdwan,
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Burma,
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Burra Bazar,
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Burrows, Sir Frederick,
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buses,
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Busteed, H. E.,
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bustees, numbers in,
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definition of,
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rents of,
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conditions in,
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CMPO and,
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2
;

mentioned,
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Bux, Mahomed,
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Byramjee, Dorabjee,
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Calcutta Cathedral,
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3

Calcutta Chamber of Commerce,
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Calcutta Club,
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Calcutta Congress (1911),
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Calcutta Corporation, creation of,
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under Curzon,
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sanitation,
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street lighting,
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housing,
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controlled by Swaraj party,
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finances of,
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nepotism in,
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water supply,
1
;

mentioned,
1
,
2
,

see
also
Biswas Commission

Calcutta Development Trust,
1

Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation,
1
,
2

Calcutta
Gazette
,
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,
2

Calcutta High Court,
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3

Calcutta Improvement Trust,
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2

Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organization,
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2

Calcutta Mint,
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Calcutta Rotary Club,
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Calcutta School Society,
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Calcutta Stock Exchange,
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Calcutta University,
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Camac Street,
1

canals,
1
,
2
,
3

cannabis see bhang, ganja

Canning, Lady,
1

Canning, Lord,
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2
,
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,
4

Capital
1

cards,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

cars, car production,
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3
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Casey, R. G.,
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,
4

caste,
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2
,
3

Cawnpore,
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,
2

Central Intelligence Agency,
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,
2
,
3

Central Road,
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Ceylon,
1

Chanda Sahab,
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Chandernagore,
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,
2
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3
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Chandpal Ghat,
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charity,
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;

see
also
Mother Teresa

Charles II, King,
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Charnock, Job,
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Charnock, Maria,
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Charnock, Mary,
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Chatterjee, Mr,
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Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra,
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,
2

chemical industry,
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,
2

Chhatawallah Gully,
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chhentai,
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Chiang Kai-shek,
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China,
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Chinese,
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Chinsurah,
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Chitpore Bridge,
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Chitpore Road,
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2
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3

Chittagong,
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2

Chitteranjan Avenue,
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cholera,
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Chor Bagan,
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Chota Nagpur,
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Chowdhury, Subarna Roy,
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Chowringhee, British in,
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opinions on,
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street-sleepers in,
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entertainments in,
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shops in,
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mentioned,
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Chowringhee Square,
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Christianity, Christians,
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7
;

see
also
Mother Teresa

Churchill, Major-General C. H.,
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Churchill, Sit Winston,
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2
,
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Chuttanuty,
1

cigarettes
see
tobacco industry cinema,
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, in,
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Citizens Protection League,
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Civil and Military Gazette
,
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class distinction,
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Clavering, General,
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climate,
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Clive, Robert,
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Clive Row,
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Clive Street,
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clothes,
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clothing industry,
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clubs, clubmen,
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,
6
,
7
,

see
also
Bengal Club;

Calcutta Club

Cockerell, Sir Charles,
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coal, coal mining,
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2
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3

Colebrooke, Henry,
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College Square,
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