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Calcutta: Past and Present

Author: Blechynden, Kathleen

Keywords: Colonial history of Calcutta, Kolkata during British India

Issue Date: 1905

Publisher: London, W. Thacker

Description: This book by Kathleen Blechynden covers a historical account of Calcutta from the period of its inception in 1690. The core aim of the author to present this publication is to depict the lives of the men of Old Calcutta, their daily cares and amusements, the wives and daughters who lightened their exile, the houses in which they dwelt, the food they ate, and the graves in which they laid their loved ones or themselves to rest. The book contains ten chapters, some of which include Social life, Public buildings, Streets and houses, and the Churches.

Type: Report

Received From: Central Secretariat Library


DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Blechynden, Kathleen
dc.date.accessioned 2006-11-15T09:19:27Z
2018-05-31T01:13:25Z
dc.date.available 2006-11-15T09:19:27Z
2018-05-31T01:13:25Z
dc.description This book by Kathleen Blechynden covers a historical account of Calcutta from the period of its inception in 1690. The core aim of the author to present this publication is to depict the lives of the men of Old Calcutta, their daily cares and amusements, the wives and daughters who lightened their exile, the houses in which they dwelt, the food they ate, and the graves in which they laid their loved ones or themselves to rest. The book contains ten chapters, some of which include Social life, Public buildings, Streets and houses, and the Churches.
dc.date.issued 1905
dc.description.sponsorship Delhi Superintendent Government of India
dc.format.extent 13410733 bytes1832 bytes
dc.format.mimetype application/pdfapplication/pdftext/plain
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher London, W. Thacker
dc.relation.ispartofseries 954.4731 BLE-C
dc.subject Colonial history of Calcutta, Kolkata during British India
dc.type Report
dc.date.copyright 1905
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Blechynden, Kathleen
dc.date.accessioned 2006-11-15T09:19:27Z
2018-05-31T01:13:25Z
dc.date.available 2006-11-15T09:19:27Z
2018-05-31T01:13:25Z
dc.description This book by Kathleen Blechynden covers a historical account of Calcutta from the period of its inception in 1690. The core aim of the author to present this publication is to depict the lives of the men of Old Calcutta, their daily cares and amusements, the wives and daughters who lightened their exile, the houses in which they dwelt, the food they ate, and the graves in which they laid their loved ones or themselves to rest. The book contains ten chapters, some of which include Social life, Public buildings, Streets and houses, and the Churches.
dc.date.issued 1905
dc.description.sponsorship Delhi Superintendent Government of India
dc.format.extent 13410733 bytes1832 bytes
dc.format.mimetype application/pdfapplication/pdftext/plain
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher London, W. Thacker
dc.relation.ispartofseries 954.4731 BLE-C
dc.subject Colonial history of Calcutta, Kolkata during British India
dc.type Report
dc.date.copyright 1905