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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2023335717 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
978-93-91125-30-1 |
| Qualifying information |
(hbk) |
| Printed Price |
₹ 1250.00 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9391125301 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| 041 0# - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Class No. |
307.12160954147 |
| DDC Edition No. |
23 |
| Item number |
CHO |
| 100 1# - FIRST AUTHOR (IF A PERSON) |
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| Name of author |
Ray Choudhury, Ranabir |
| Dates associated with a name |
1948- |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The shaping of modern Calcutta |
| Sub-title |
the Lottery Committee years, 1817-1830 |
| Statement of responsibility |
Ranabir Ray Choudhury |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New Delhi |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Niyogi Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| No. of pages |
516 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill (some col.), maps (some col.) ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
incl. bibliographical references (pages 503-505) and index. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction -- A Committee is Set Up -- Reforming the Lottery System -- The First Planned Square -- Birth of Three More Squares -- Filthy State of the Drains' -- River Water for the Town -- Hare Street and its Vicinity -- Henry Shakespear's Minutes -- Strand Road - Clearing the Table -- Strand Road - Step by Step -- The Maidan, Tank Square, Clive Street... -- Cossitala, Colootala, Garden Reach... -- The Land of William Camac -- Epilogue -- Endnotes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Photo Credits -- Acknowledgements -- Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"The volume focuses on the Calcutta Lottery Committee's work from 1817 till about 1830 when, for all practical purposes, the functions of the committee relating to the improvement of the city ceased effectively. The work done by the committee was phenomenal because the projects conceived and implemented by it still cast their long shadow on life in modern Calcutta.<br/>Thematically, the book is a sequel to A City in the Making: Aspects of Calcutta's Early Growth, published by Niyogi Books in 2016. That work ended with the formation of the Lottery Committee in 1817: this book takes up the story from there. As with the earlier work, this book is wholly based on archival material available at the West Bengal State Archives.<br/>Among other things, the Lottery Committee built the major arterial roads in the northern and central parts of the city, which in time determined the layout of the contiguous residential areas. Dalhousie Square and the entire ground between Park Street and Circular Road were developed by the committee. Previously, a large part of the ground south of Park Street was low-lying and marshy, generating pestilence all around, Bustee clusters were located here probably because of the availability of Gangajal from Tolly's Nullah (the Adi Ganga) through the existing network of drains, the river being some way off to the west. The story of the making of Strand Road is narrated in detail, the Lottery Committee also being responsible for putting up the first brick-and-mortar decorative balustrade which still adorns the Chowringhee area and Red Road."-- Book jacket |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Lottery Committee (Kolkata, India) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 648 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM |
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| Chronological term |
1800-1899 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
City planning |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
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Kolkata |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
City planning |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject heading |
History |
| 9 (RLIN) |
33 |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
India |
| Geographic subdivision |
Kolkata |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst01892339 |
