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Language Bengali Subject Castes and Tribes Level [32] Fonds

1. EAP921/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/4
Title:
The Library of Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar, Library Road, Paschim Medinipur
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: With the immense contributions of Henry Vincent Bayley, Raj Narayan Basu and other erudite persons this library was established in 1851 as very first public library of India(as the executive committee of library has claimed for a long times) in Midnapur district of Bengal. Aft...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya, Persian, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
12th century-20th century
Extent:
12036 TIFF images

2. EAP921/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/5
Title:
The private collection of Dr. Shyamal Bera at his residence in Andul, Howrah
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered manuscripts, teracotta objects, Pat (Scroll paintings), folk songs and folk dramas etc of Bengal. By profession he is a school teacher(retired). He is founder secretory of K...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1000 BC-20th century
Extent:
21591 TIFF images

3. EAP921/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/6
Title:
The Collection from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar, Guptipara, Hooghly
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a good collection of old Sanskrit and Bengali manuscripts and some rare books in different languages. Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1500 BC-20th century
Extent:
18276 TIFF images

4. EAP1031/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1031/1
Title:
Akshyay Granthagar Library's Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection deals with Sanskrit grammar, Smriti, cantos of the Mahabharata, dramas, the Puranas, Tantric liturgies and rituals, Gaudiya Vaishnava hagiography, theology and rituals, Shaivite liturgies and rituals, Ayurveda medicine, lexicons, aesthetics, and poetry. Taken together, 294 Sanskr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1316-1845
Extent:
20156 tiff images

5. EAP1031/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1031/4
Title:
Dr Rajarshi Ghose Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection belongs to Dr. Rajarshi Ghose (Kolkata, India). It is a private collection with rare books, chapbooks, pamphlets, and periodicals in Urdu, Nepali, Bangla, Sanskrit, Farsi, Hindi, Rajasthani and Bhojpuri. Dr. Rajarshi Ghose is an Assistant Professor in History at the Centre for St...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, Bhojpuri, English, Hindi, Nepali, Persian, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
1800-1999
Extent:
42852 tiff images

6. EAP1104/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/5
Title:
Private Collection of Butto Kristo Paul's Family, Sobhabazar
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Butto Kristo Paul was born in 1835 near Shibpur in Howrah, Bengal. His father, Lakshminarayan Pal was a petty businessman but not very well off. When Batto Kristo was around 12 years of age he left Shibpur to settle down in his maternal house in Sobhabazar in north Calcutta. H...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
891 TIFF images

7. 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

8. EAP1300/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1300/2
Title:
Private collection of Raban Chandra Baskey
Scope & Content:
Two bound volumes of periodicals: हो़ड़ सो़म्बाद​ (Hor Sambad) and এভেন (Ebhen). Custodial history: Owned by Raban Chandra Baskey. Arrangement: The collection has been arranged by Raban Chandra Baskey.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Santali
Date Range:
1968-1982
Extent:
1018

9. EAP1300/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1300/3
Title:
Private collection of Sushil Baskey
Scope & Content:
Three bound volumes of the periodical পাছিম্ বাংলা (Pachim Bangla). Custodial history: Owned by Sushil Baskey. Arrangement: The collection has been arranged by Raban Sushil Baskey.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Santali
Date Range:
1968-1973
Extent:
1066

10. EAP1300/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1300/4
Title:
Private collection of Mahadeb Hansda
Scope & Content:
Six bound volumes of the periodicals খের্‌ওয়াল আড়াং (Kherwal Arang), সুসৗর ডাহার (Susar Dahar), তেতরে (Tetre) and জিরিহিরি (Jirihiri). Custodial history: Owned by Mahadeb Hansda. Arrangement: The collection has been arranged by Mahadev Hansda chronologically.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Santali
Date Range:
1958-1982
Extent:
1102