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EAP1104/1
- Record Id:
- 032-004254113
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004254113
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147938327.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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 Biswanath was unsuccessful in business.Then he became an ordinary muhuri (clerck) in Company’s salt gola at Shalkia on a monthly salary of Rs. 8 only. From this position he eventually grew into big salt merchant. He died in 1844 leaving behind property worth 15 lakhs of rupees. Arkaprabha Motilal, descendant of Biswanath Motilal granted all necessary permission for open access under Creative Commons.
This collection contains the following 7 files:
- EAP1104/1/1: Deed of Gift Ramnarain Muttylal to Sreemutty Bhoobunessury Dabee [7 Apr 1875]
- EAP1104/1/2: Deed of Gift between Dhanendra Nath Muttylall & Sm. Subarna Kumari Debi [12 May 1942]
- EAP1104/1/3: Deed of gift from Dhonendra Nauth Muttylall to Naranath Motilal [4 Sep 1942]
- EAP1104/1/4: Photograph of the family Deity Godess Jagatdhatri [1930]
- EAP1104/1/5: Plan of Premises no. 1/1A, Durga Charan Pithuri Lane [31 Jan 1950]
- EAP1104/1/6: Potrait of Biswanath Motilal [18th century]
- EAP1104/1/7: Succession certificate of Subarna Kumari Debi [28 Feb 1950].
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Private records of the leading business families of Early Colonial Bengal
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004254113", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP1104/1: Private Collection of Motilal Family, Bowbazar" },{ "id" : "040-004254114", "parent" : "032-004254113", "text" : "EAP1104/1/1: Deed of Gift Ramnarain Muttylal to Sreemutty Bhoobunessury Dabee" },{ "id" : "040-004254115", "parent" : "032-004254113", "text" : "EAP1104/1/2: Deed of Gift between Dhanendra Nath Muttylall & Sm. Subarna Kumari Debi" },{ "id" : "040-004254116", "parent" : "032-004254113", "text" : "EAP1104/1/3: Deed of gift from Dhonendra Nauth Muttylall to Naranath Motilal" },{ "id" : "040-004254117", "parent" : "032-004254113", "text" : "EAP1104/1/4: Photograph of the family Deity Godess Jagatdhatri" },{ "id" : "040-004254118", "parent" : "032-004254113", "text" : "EAP1104/1/5: Plan of Premises no. 1/1A, Durga Charan Pithuri Lane" },{ "id" : "040-004254119", "parent" : "032-004254113", "text" : "EAP1104/1/6: Potrait of Biswanath Motilal" },{ "id" : "040-004254120", "parent" : "032-004254113", "text" : "EAP1104/1/7: Succession certificate of Subarna Kumari Debi" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004254113
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP1104/1/1 : Deed of Gift Ramnarain Muttylal to Sreemutty Bhoobunessury Dabee
EAP1104/1/2 : Deed of Gift between Dhanendra Nath Muttylall & Sm. Subarna Kumari Debi
EAP1104/1/3 : Deed of gift from Dhonendra Nauth Muttylall to Naranath Motilal
EAP1104/1/4 : Photograph of the family Deity Godess Jagatdhatri
EAP1104/1/5 : Plan of Premises no. 1/1A, Durga Charan Pithuri Lane
EAP1104/1/6 : Potrait of Biswanath Motilal
EAP1104/1/7 : Succession certificate of Subarna Kumari Debi
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1104/1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004254113
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1104/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 34 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP1104-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Bengali
English
Not applicable - Scripts:
- Bengali
Latin
Not Applicable - Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 18th century-20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Latitude (Decimal):
- 22.57284
- Longitude (Decimal):
- 88.36544
- Latitude (Degree):
- N 22°34’22”
- Longitude (Degree):
- E 88°21’56”
- Place of Origin:
- Bengal, India
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
- Custodial History:
- Material in this collection was created as part of the EAP1104 "Private records of the leading business families of Early Colonial Bengal" project.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from project holder Dr Tridibsantpa Kundu, October 2019 (accession record EAP1104/1)
- Administrative Context:
- EAP1104/1 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme. It created digital copies of records located in The original material is located in Motilal Family of Bowbazar, Kolkata.
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are also held by: (1) Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (2) Banwarilal Bhalotia College, Asansol (3) Motilal Family, Bowbazar
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at the Motilal Family of Bowbazar, Kolkata, India
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)