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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Bengali Subject Monuments and Memorials

1. EAP921/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/2
Title:
The Library of Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library, Birsingha, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Established in the year of 1961 this library is a memorial house of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, a well known educationist and social reformer of British India. Birsingha is the birthplace of Vidyasagar. Many books are found which Vidyasagar used to read and gave a foot note on t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
0495-1989
Extent:
4455 TIFF images

2. EAP921/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/2/2
Title:
Manuscripts from the Library of Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library
Scope & Content:
Collection of manuscripts from the library of Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library, Birsingha, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur. Custodial history: Established in the year of 1961 this library is a memorial house of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, a well known educationist and social reformer of...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
06th century-20th century
Extent:
1515 TIFF images

3. EAP922/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP922/1
Title:
British Indian Association Archive
Scope & Content:
The British Indian Association, founded in 1851, was one of the earliest political associations of Indian colonial subjects. It was the first political body of the nation and can really challenge Indian National Congress for the title of the Grand Old Party. It was largely composed of landholder...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and English
Date Range:
1851-1948
Extent:
66,876 TIFF images

4. EAP922/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP922/1/2
Title:
Booklet (1852-1947)
Scope & Content:
This consists of drafts, memos, reports, observations, booklets, annals, memorandums and other papers. They are mostly in the form of small, bound, printed books or booklets (hence BKLT is used to denote these items). These papers explore various matters pertaining to history, political and soci...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and English
Date Range:
1852-1947
Extent:
3860 TIFF images

5. EAP922/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP922/1/11
Title:
Documents (1859-1938)
Scope & Content:
This consists of a variety of paper materials, notable among which are pieces of correspondence, notes, notices and other miscellaneous documents. In particular, the correspendences are generally between and among representatives of the colonial government and of the landed gentry in Bengal on a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and English
Date Range:
1859-1938
Extent:
2440 TIFF images

6. EAP1104/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/11
Title:
Private Collection of Royal family of Cussimbazar (Roy)
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Around 1700 AD Ajodhya Ram Roy of Pirojpur village near Bhagabangola and the river Padma (who traced his descent from Patrasayer of Burdwan District) came with his family to settle down in Cossimbazar, a renowned port city of Bengal closed to Murshidabad, the capital of the Na...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Not applicable
Date Range:
1st half of the 19th century-1st half of the 20th century
Extent:
2818 TIFF images