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Project / Collection Private records of the leading business families of Early Colonial Bengal Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1104/5 Language Bengali

1. 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

2. EAP1104/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/5/1
Title:
বাংলা নববর্ষের আমন্ত্রণপত্র
Scope & Content:
The Bengali Calendar is a luni-solar calendar used in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. Many Bengali businessmen are celebrate Bangla New Year. On this occasion, they send an invitation card/letter to their friends and buyers. This document is a classic example of this kind of letter...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
3 Apr 1951
Extent:
2 TIFF images

3. EAP1104/5/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/5/4
Title:
Sticker of Medicine
Scope & Content:
The famous B.K. Paul & Co. used to produce many medicines and health supplements at that time. We have found many stickes related to this kind of medicines and health supplements. Some of the sticker names are in Bengali and some are in English. Extent: 15 Sticker. Size and dimensions of o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
15 TIFF images

4. EAP1104/5/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/5/5
Title:
১৩৫৪ সালের পঞ্জিকা
Scope & Content:
An Almanac is a very familiar book to Bengalis. Almanac is essential for performing daily religious rituals. There are different types of databases in an Almanac, including Birth, Death, Pooja, Astrology etc.. B.K. Paul & Co. had also a publication department and these kinds books ware publi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
384 TIFF images

5. EAP1104/5/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/5/6
Title:
১৩৬৭ সালের পঞ্জিকা
Scope & Content:
An Almanac is a very familiar book to Bengalis. Almanac is essential for performing daily religious rituals. There are different types of databases in an Almanac, including Birth, Death, Pooja, Astrology etc.. B.K. Paul & Co. had also a publication department and these kinds books ware publi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1960
Extent:
461 TIFF images

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