Project / Collection: Private records of the leading business families of Early Colonial Bengal / Language: English / Subject: Languages and Grammar - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Project / Collection Private records of the leading business families of Early Colonial Bengal Language English Subject Languages and Grammar

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

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

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