Government of IndiaA Report on the District of Jessore: Its Antiquities, its History and its Commerce
Author: Westland, J.
Keywords: Jessore, Gazette, Gazetteer, Colonial Records, British Administration, Bangladesh, Bengal
Issue Date: 1874
Publisher: Calcutta, The Bengal Secretariat Press
Description: This is a detailed report on the district of Jessore. It consists of: detailed sections on the district’s geographical features with changes that have taken place in the last hundred years, antiquities describing the ancient ruins, stories and legends of the region, landed property with its distribution and history, agriculture and commerce with an account of sugar cultivation, reclamation of the Sundarbans, and an account of first thirty years of British administration in the region compiled from official sources as well as a gazetteer. Tables on the population, agriculture, revenue, and expenditure in Jessore are also included.
Type: Report
Received From: Central Secretariat Library
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Westland, J. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-11-15T09:18:35Z 2018-05-31T01:12:25Z |
| dc.date.available | 2006-11-15T09:18:35Z 2018-05-31T01:12:25Z |
| dc.description | This is a detailed report on the district of Jessore. It consists of: detailed sections on the district’s geographical features with changes that have taken place in the last hundred years, antiquities describing the ancient ruins, stories and legends of the region, landed property with its distribution and history, agriculture and commerce with an account of sugar cultivation, reclamation of the Sundarbans, and an account of first thirty years of British administration in the region compiled from official sources as well as a gazetteer. Tables on the population, agriculture, revenue, and expenditure in Jessore are also included. |
| dc.date.issued | 1874 |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Delhi Superintendent Government of India |
| dc.format.extent | 17829400 bytes1832 bytes |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdfapplication/pdftext/plain |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Calcutta, The Bengal Secretariat Press |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 913.5449 WES-R |
| dc.subject | Jessore, Gazette, Gazetteer, Colonial Records, British Administration, Bangladesh, Bengal |
| dc.type | Report |
| dc.date.copyright | 1878 |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Westland, J. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-11-15T09:18:35Z 2018-05-31T01:12:25Z |
| dc.date.available | 2006-11-15T09:18:35Z 2018-05-31T01:12:25Z |
| dc.description | This is a detailed report on the district of Jessore. It consists of: detailed sections on the district’s geographical features with changes that have taken place in the last hundred years, antiquities describing the ancient ruins, stories and legends of the region, landed property with its distribution and history, agriculture and commerce with an account of sugar cultivation, reclamation of the Sundarbans, and an account of first thirty years of British administration in the region compiled from official sources as well as a gazetteer. Tables on the population, agriculture, revenue, and expenditure in Jessore are also included. |
| dc.date.issued | 1874 |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Delhi Superintendent Government of India |
| dc.format.extent | 17829400 bytes1832 bytes |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdfapplication/pdftext/plain |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Calcutta, The Bengal Secretariat Press |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 913.5449 WES-R |
| dc.subject | Jessore, Gazette, Gazetteer, Colonial Records, British Administration, Bangladesh, Bengal |
| dc.type | Report |
| dc.date.copyright | 1878 |
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