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The Man Behind the Plough

1939

The estimate of the Public Health Commissioner with the Government of India of the population of Bengal at the end of the year 1936 was 52 332 256. [...] The rich red silt of the western districts the sands on the char of the Padma-Meghna the rich clay of the Eastern districts and the sandy loam of North Bengal can all be traced to the action of rivers and streams. [...] This combined with 3THE MAN BEHIND THE PLOUGH the proximity or otherwise of Bengal lands to the hills of Chota Nagpur and Santal Parganas to the Himalayas the hill tracts of Chittagong and Tippera the Garo hills or to the sea determine the character and composition of the soil and subsoil of Bengal and the level of the country. [...] The Ganges the Hooghly the Jalangi the Coomar the Nabaganga the Bhairab the Mathabhanga the Ichamati the Gorai the Jamuna the Pasar the Kapotak and the numerous deltaic channels and cross channels falling into the Bay of Bengal practically all between 88° and 9o° longitudes pass through this 13THE MAN BEHIND THE PLOUGH division. [...] Practically the whole of the Presidency Division has definitely deteriorated in fertility owing to the decaying condition of its rivers and waterways The spill water of the Bhagirathi before she was embanked on both sides by two railway systems the E. B. R. and the E. 1. R. first flooded the tract of the country lying between the Bhagirathi and the Jalangi and fell into the Jalangi.
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Pages
411
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.147261
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xix M. Huque view
Errata
i-iii M. Huque view
Chapter I Regional Geography
1-26 M. Huque view
Chapter II Agriculture
27-47 M. Huque view
Chapter III Rice
48-57 M. Huque view
Chapter IV Jute
58-78 M. Huque view
Chapter V Sugar-Cane
79-91 M. Huque view
Chapter VI Cost of Agriculture and Family Budget
92-119 M. Huque view
Chapter VII Average Holding
120-130 M. Huque view
Chapter VIII Incidence of Rent Revenue and Taxes on Land
131-138 M. Huque view
Chapter IX Displacement of Agricultural Workers
139-144 M. Huque view
Chapter X Cattle
145-149 M. Huque view
Chapter XI Rural Indebtedness
150-175 M. Huque view
Chapter XII Debt and Co-Operation
176-187 M. Huque view
Chapter XIII Problem of Population
188-210 M. Huque view
Chapter XIV Land System
211-221 M. Huque view
Chapter XV Permanent Settlement
222-245 M. Huque view
Chapter XVI Tenancy Legislation After 1793
246-272 M. Huque view
Chapter XVII
273-297 M. Huque view
Chapter XVIII Transferability
298-312 M. Huque view
Chapter XIX Summary Procedure and Certificate Power
313-319 M. Huque view
Chapter XX Abwabs
320-339 M. Huque view
Chapter XXI Prospect and Perspective
340-386 M. Huque view

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