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Hooghly District Gazetteer

1901

the Hooghly forming the eastern boundary the Damodar separating The Serapore subdivision from the Arambagh thara the Dwarakeswar iorming the dividing line between the latter and the Goghat thana and its continuation the Riipnarayan forming the soutwestern boundary for many miles. [...] Among them may be mentioned the Behula the Kana Nadi the Kunti Nadi (also called the Magra Khal or Kana Nadi) the Saraswati the Kausiki the yaitul with the Gopalnagar the Nhia with the Julka the Kiwi Damodar the Madaria the Besia or Sünkibhanga the Mundewari -the liana Dwarakeswar the &okra the Jhumjhumi the Amodar and the Tarajuli. [...] In the mapsamnocclha r DBra and accounts of the second half of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century the lower course is named Raspas or Rasphuys and Mandalghat the former being a Dutch and the latter an Indian name. [...] In both the survey map and the embankment map of 1854 the present course is entered together with the bifurcation of the river into the Jhumjhumi and the Sank& lower dcwn ; while the old liana is made to join the Mundeswari above Chingria and then running south-east fall into the Damodar laid. [...] The country inland has also been built up by silt deposits the eastern part by deposits from the Hooghly the western part of the Fifthly and Serampore subdivisions by deposits from the cedar and thanes Arambagh and lihanakul by the combined deposits of the Damodar the Mundeswari and the Dwarakeswar.
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Pages
331
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
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Chapter I. Physical Aspect
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Chapter II. History
25-42 unknown view
Chapter III. Early European Settlement
43-91 unknown view
Chapter IV. The People
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Chapter V. Christian Missions
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Chapter VI. Public Health
125-134 unknown view
Chapter VII. Agriculture
135-149 unknown view
Chapter VIII. Natural Calamities
150-158 unknown view
Chapter IX. Canals Drainage and Embankments
159-166 unknown view
Chapter X. Rents Wages and Prices
167-175 unknown view
Chapter XI. Occupations Industries and Trade
176-193 unknown view
Chapter XII. Means of Communication
194-205 unknown view
Chapter XIII. Land Revenue Administration
206-215 unknown view
Chapter XIV. General Administration
216-221 unknown view
Chapter XV. Local Self-Government
222-229 unknown view
Chapter XVI. Education
230-242 unknown view
Chapter XVII. Gazetteer
243-324 unknown view
Index
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