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The Wealth and Welfare of the Bengal Delta (Compirising the Districts of Mymensingh Dacca Bogra Pabna Faridpur Bakarganj Tippera and Noakhali)

1926

The writer is deeply indebted to the late Sir Asutosh Mookerjee the Vice-Chancellor and the Syndicate of the Calcutta University for taking up the publication of the work at the beginning of 1924 but owing to the pressure of work on the University Press it could not be published till the middle of 1926."CONTENTS CHAPTER. [...] For this purpose it will be necessary first of all to examine the physical characteristics of the delta the action of the rivers the conditions of the soil and rainfall and the natural means of communication because they vitally affect the production of wealth; then stock will have to be taken of the agricultural commercial and industrial wealth of the delta and the methods by which it is pr [...] When the banks Are raised above the level of the flood the silt remains in the bed of the river which therefore slowly rises above the level of the surrounding country and when at last one of the banks gives way the river changes its course to the low land at the back. [...] On the whole the distribution of rain over the year combined with the annual floods permits the growth of crops in all the seasons of the year and prevents the delta from becoming dependent upon the rainfall of any one season. [...] The inferiority of the local breed is the result of the damp climate the shortage of fodder and the practice of employing immature bulls for purposes of breeding.28 CHAPTER It The cattle in those parts of the delta which are under water during the flood season are during this season retricted in their movements to the artificially raised areas occupied by the homesteads and have to subsis
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Pages
372
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143718
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Preface
i-viii S.G. Panandikar view
Introduction
1-6 S.G. Panandikar view
Chapter I The Physical Characteristics of the Delta
7-20 S.G. Panandikar view
Chapter II The Agricultural Wealth of the Delta
21-48 S.G. Panandikar view
Chapter III The Commercial and Industrial Wealth of the Delta
49-77 S.G. Panandikar view
Chapter IV The Land and Revenue Systems of the Delta: Historical Development
78-108 S.G. Panandikar view
Chapter V The Land and Revenue Systems of the Delta : Present Problems
109-144 S.G. Panandikar view
Chapter VI The Standard of Living of the Inhabitants
145-174 S.G. Panandikar view
Chapter VII The Defects in the Economic Organization of the Delta: Agricultural classes
175-205 S.G. Panandikar view
Chapter VIII The Defects in the Economic Organization of the Delta: Non-Agricultural Classes and General
206-247 S.G. Panandikar view
Chapter IX The Remedies : Population and Industries
248-277 S.G. Panandikar view
Chapter X The Remedies: Agriculture
278-306 S.G. Panandikar view
Chapter XI The Remedios: The Landlord and Tenant System Co-operation and Local Administration
307-344 S.G. Panandikar view
Conclusion
345-351 S.G. Panandikar view
Bibliography
352-355 S.G. Panandikar view
Glossary of Indian Words
356-357 S.G. Panandikar view
Index
358-362 S.G. Panandikar view
Index of Authorities
363-364 S.G. Panandikar view

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