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Bengal Past & Present. Jan. - Dec. 1953

1953

In one of his minutes of August 1800 Lord Wellesley had complained of the lamentable deficiency in a knowledge of the Indian languages prevailing among the civil servants of the Company in India and it was to remove this deficiency that instruction in the Indian languages was eventually provided for in the Fort William College. [...] Hume the mover of the motion in a speech of considerable length (5) pointed out the paramount importance to the Company and to the country of obliging all who belonged to the service in India to be duly qualified with a knowledge of the language of the country in which they were destined to act. [...] The manner in which the motion was negatived was illustrative of the general lack of an understanding of the need for the teaching of Hindustani to the European officers. [...] The result of the circular issued by the Tea Committee led to the provsional conclusion that the proper places for tea in India were in order of merit (1) the lower hills and valleys of the Himalaya range (2) on our Eastern frontier" and (3) the Nilgiris and other mountains in Central and Southern India. [...] He concluded finally that -(1) there is a similarity of configuration between the valley of Assam and two of the best known provinces of China (2) there is a similarity between the climates of the two countries both in regard to temperature and humidity (3) there is a precise similarity between the stations of the tea plant in Upper Assam and its stations in those parts of the provinces of Kiang
history
Pages
73
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120279
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i unknown view
Frontmatter
i-i unknown view
A Forgotten Controversy on the Teaching of Hindustani to the Company’s European Army Officers
1-8 Nandalal Chatterji view
The Beginnings of Tea Cultivation in North East India
9-18 Harold Mann view
The Karrani and Lohani Rule in Bengal
19-29 N. B. Ray view
Warren Hastings as Seen by the Maratha Envoy
30-38 Jadunath Sarkar view
The Case of Mirza Jan Tuppish
39-42 N. K. Sinha view
Munni Begum’s “Will”
43-48 N. Majumdar view
History of Kharakpur Raj
49-62 Kalipada Mitra view
A Picture of Chandernagore and Subordinate French Factories in Bengal—1765 to 1778
63-71 S. P. Sen view

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