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Bengal Past & Present July—September 1934

1934

2. Eager inquirers into the topography of Kedgeree will find from the Rennell's Atlas that lower down the dangerous James and Mary Sand at the junction of the Rasulpur river with the Hughly river (just opposite the centre of the Sagar island) is situated the old fort of Hidgelee ; seven and a half mile above this on the right bank of the Hughly river near its mouth stands remote morose and melan [...] 7 1754 (aground) ; (3) The Ilchester in 1759 ; (4) The Prince George in 1759 ; (5) The Bombay Castle in 1759 ; (6) the Hardwicke in 1759 (pursued by the French ships) ; (7) the Hawke in 1761 ; (8) the Royal George in 1763 ; (9) the Kent in 1765 ; (10) The Cruttendon in 1766 ; (11) the Morse in 1771 ; (12) the Triton in 1772 ; (13) the Greenwich in 1772 ; (14) the Speke in 1774 ; (15) the Northumbe [...] But perhaps the greatest importance of this place at this period lay in the fact that the commanders of the ships passing this port were directed(7) to enter in a book to be supplied from post-office the names of their ships and any news that they might bring with them." 6. The question of the establishment of an express dak in this port as appears from the records (8) was first taken up in the [...] Morton and a advance sum of sicca rupees 1428 was placed at his disposal yet for some reasons the repairs were kept in abeyance and the question of a fresh survey (20) of the Kedgeree light-house was again taken up in the middle of the year 1833 and consequently the work of repairing the light-house could not be taken up till the end of the year 1833. [...] However in spite of this improvement in the condition of the people the relief started by the Government continued up to the end of the year.
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Pages
77
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India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120279
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iii unknown view
Robert Home— A Centenary Note
1-4 Evan Cotton view
Kedgeree— A Bygone Seaport of the Gangetic Delta
5-11 A. F. M. Ali view
An Early Account of “Mackley”
12-16 A. Swinton view
A Forgotten Family of Royal Poets: The Sura Kings of Bhulua
17-22 Dinesh Bhattacharyya view
Calcutta in 1813
23-31 Evan Cotton view
Original Records About the Santhal Insurrection of 1855
32-37 Kali Datta view
Early Relation of the Company With Assam
38-43 Basanta Basu view
The Black Pagoda
44-46 C. W. Gurner view
Echoes from Chandernagore
47-50 unknown view
Two Books on Fatehgarh
51-60 E. C. view
The Editor’s Note Book
61-70 unknown view
Calcutta Historical Society
71-71 unknown view
Backmatter
i-i unknown view

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