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020			_a9789391125301 (HB)
041			_aeng
080			_a94(34) _bCHO
100			_aChoudhury, Ranabir Ray
245			_aSHAPING OF MODERN CALCUTTA
260			_bNiyogi Books _c2022 _aNew Delhi
300			_a516p
520			_aThe 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. 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. 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.
650			_aHistory of Calcutta
650			_aHistory
650			_aThe Lottery Committee
690			_aGeneral
942			_cBK
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