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020			_a978-93-85285-28-8 _c₹ 995.00 _q(hbk)
040			_aMahanirban Calcutta Research Group _bEnglish
041			_aeng
082	0		_a307.12160954147 _223 _bRAY
100	1		_aRay Choudhury, Ranabir _eaut _d1948-
245	1	2	_aA city in the making _baspects of Calcutta's early growth _cRanabir Ray Choudhury
260			_aNew Delhi _bNiyogi Books _c2016
300			_a564 p. _bill. (some col.), col. maps ; _c22 cm
504			_aincl. bibliographical references (pages 540-544) and index.
505	0	0	_aIntroduction -- SECTION ONE: AROUND THE OLD FORT : 1. Just Another Village -- 2. A Citadel Hemmed In -- 3. The Town Surveyed -- 8. An Infirm Hospital -- 4. A Wayward River -- 5. Natives Dig a Ditch -- 6. An Influx of People -- 7. The Early Roads -- SECTION TWO: THE TOWN SPREADS ITSELF : 9. Esplanade Row takes Shape -- 10. Ground for Houses -- 11. The Strand Road -- 12. Forming the Esplanade -- 13. Sprucing up Chowringhee -- 14. The Dharamtala Bazar -- 15. The Polhill Bungalow -- 16. The Jagannath Sarkar Case -- 17. Temple on the Maidan -- 18. The Jorabagan Dispute -- 19. The Wyattgunje' Controversy -- 20. The Limits of Calcutta -- 21. Assault on the Ditch -- SECTION THREE: A TIME FOR PLANNING : 22. The Stage is Set -- 23. A Fire-Fighting Exercise -- 24. Private Property on a Pedestal -- 25. Funds and Other Projects -- 26. Cleaning up the Town -- 27. The Lottery Route -- 28. Minto Gives a Push -- 29. A Flurry of Proposals -- 30. Birth of a Canal -- 31. Moira Prepares the Ground -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Selected Bibliography -- Photo Credits
520			_a"When Job Charnock landed at Sutanati in 1690 the place was no more than an ordinary Bengal village on the banks of the Hooghly. Yet, by the middle of the nineteenth century, it was being described as the second city of the British Empire With the help of archival records, this volume plots the various stages of the journey on the part of the three villages of Sutanati, Kalikata and Gobindapur which collectively came to be called Calcutta (renamed Kolkata). The story is broken up into three sections the first of which deals with the unplanned growth of the place till the town fell to the forces led by the nawab, Shiraj-ud-Daula, in 1756. During this time the main effort on the part of the authorities was directed at cleaning up the place and setting up essential facilities such as a hospital, a jail, a mayor's court, strengthening the banks of the river, etc. The second period, which extended till the end of the eighteenth century, saw the expansion of Calcutta southward and eastward which kept the authorities busy with issues such as compensation for acquired land, the formation of today's Maidan, the building of the arterial Circular Road, the setting up of bazars, and improving the drainage system. The third period marked the advent of the town-planning era set in motion by Lord Wellesley. The volume takes the story to the point where the Lottery Committee was formed in 1817."-- Book jacket
650		0	_aCity planning
650		0	_aCity planning _zIndia _zKolkata _xHistory
650		0	_aHistory _933
651		4	_aIndia _zKolkata
651		4	_aKolkata (India) _xHistory
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