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Project / Collection Private records of the leading business families of Early Colonial Bengal Level [32] Fonds

1. EAP1104/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/1
Title:
Private Collection of Motilal Family, Bowbazar
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: The Motilal family of Bowbazar was founded by Biswanath Motilal, a renowned salt merchant of Kolkata. He was born in 1779 and rose to prominence working his way up from an ordinary position. He had entered the salt trade in partnership with Rammohan Mallick of Barabazar. But B...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Not applicable
Date Range:
18th century-20th century
Extent:
34 TIFF images

2. 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

3. EAP1104/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/3
Title:
Private Collection of Dutta Family, Hatkhola
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: The founder of the Dutta family of Hatkhola is often traced back to Purushottam Dutta. He was originally from Bally. Later he moved to Andul. Purushottam Dutta had three sons, Ramsharan, Gobindasharan and Harisharan. Ramsharan stayed back in Andul. Gobindasharan moved to Garh ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1894-21 Jun 1897
Extent:
11 TIFF images

4. EAP1104/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/4
Title:
Private Collection of Ghosh Family, Pathuriaghata
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: The founder of the Dutta family of Hatkhola is often traced back to Purushottam Dutta. He was originally from Bally. Later he moved to Andul. Purushottam Dutta had three sons, Ramsharan, Gobindasharan and Harisharan. Ramsharan stayed back in Andul. Gobindasharan moved to Garh ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

5. 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

6. EAP1104/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/6
Title:
Private Collection of Seal Family, Colutola
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Motilal Seal (1792- 1854) was born in a Bengali Hindu family in Kolkata around 1792. He belonged to the Subornabanik caste. His father, Chaitanya Charan Seal was the owner of a small clothing and garments shop near Chinabazar, Kolkata. His life took a turn when he married Nagr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1864-1st half of the 20th century
Extent:
308 TIFF images

7. EAP1104/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/7
Title:
Private Collection of Upendrakishor Ray (Chowdhury)'s Family, Kolkata
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: The history of the Rays goes back to the mid 16th century when Ramsundar Deb decided to settle in Yasodal (in Bangladesh) as the son-in-law of a local ruler. His subsequent generations acquired the honorific title of Majumdar, which later changed to Ray which too was bestowed ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
246 TIFF images

8. EAP1104/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/8
Title:
Private Collection of Mitra Family, Shyampukur
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: The founder of the Mitra family of Shyampukur was Digambar Mitra (1817 – 1879). He belonged to the Mandirabati Mitra family of Konnagar. His grandfather, Ramchandra Mitra had sons, Shib Chandra, Shambhu Chandra and Rajkrishna. Digambar Mitra was the son of Shib Chandra Mitra. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and English
Date Range:
1st half of the 20th century
Extent:
2028 TIFF images

9. EAP1104/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/9
Title:
Private Collection of Daw Family, Jorasanko
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: A fraction of the Daw family headed by Ramnarayan Daw settled at Jorasanko in Calcutta at the very beginning of the nineteenth century migrating from their ancestral village of Kotulpur of the present district of Bankura, West Bengal. One of his descendants, Narasimha Chandra ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
458 TIFF images

10. EAP1104/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/10
Title:
Private Collection of Mitra Family , Madanmohantala
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: The Mitra family, founded by Gocul Chendur Mitra, was one of the leading business families of 18th century Bengal. Gakul Chandra Mitra fled to Calcutta from Bally (Dist.-Howrah) with his father, Sitaram Mitra due to recurrent Maratha raids. He engaged himself into the thriving...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and English
Date Range:
1870-1937
Extent:
297 TIFF images