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A Statistical Account of Bengal. Districts of the 24 Parganas and Sundarbans

1875

D. DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF STATISTICS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ; ONE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY; HONORARY OR FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INDIA AT THE MAGUE OF THE INSTITUTO VASCO DA GAMA OF PORTUGUESE INDIA OF THE DUTCH SOCIETY IN JAVA AND OF THE ETHMOLOGICAL SOCIETY LONDON: HONORARY FELLOW OF THE CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY ; ORDINARY FELLOW OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY [...] (Vide Calcutta Gazette or 1861 page 1126; Gazette Extraordinary of the 4th May 1861; and Calcutta Gazette of 186:3 page 2016.) The differences in the limits of the revenue and civil jurisdictions of the District arise from the fact that at the time of the Decennial Settlement of 1787 the landed property in this part of the country was chiefly held by the Rajas of Bardwan. [...] The principal rivers in the 24 Parganas to the north of the Sundarbans are : 1. the Hugli 2. the Bidyadhari (called also in different parts of its course the harua Gang and Nona Khal) 3. the Piali 4. the Kalindi 5. the Jamuna or Ichhamati 6. the Kholpetua and 7. the Kabadak all of which are navigable by native trading boats of the largest size throughout the year. [...] LEGEND OF THE ORIGIN OF THE GANGES AND HUGLI The following is the Hindu traditional account of the origin of the holy stream. [...] The Census of Calcutta was taken by the Justices of the Peace for the town; that of the suburbs and municipal towns by the local municipal authorities under the supervision of Subdivisional officers; and the rest of the District by the Magistrate with the assistance of the police and a number of the most respectable natives of the villages as enumerators.

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Pages
306
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.145341
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i W.W. Hunter view
Statistical Account of the District of 24-Parganas
i-292 W.W. Hunter view
Index
293-i W.W. Hunter view

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