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Language Bengali Subject Colonialism 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. 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

5. EAP1104/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/2
Title:
Private Collection from the Deb Family, Sobhabazar
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Raja Nabakrishna Deb, the founder of the Shobhabazar family, was closely associated with the administration of Clive and Verelst. His father Ramcharan Deb used to work as an official under the then Bengal ruler, Murshidkuli Khan. He was appointed as a collector and a salt agen...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
28 Apr 1778-30 Jun 1942
Extent:
230 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. EAP1300/4

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