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IOR/G/7

Record Id:: 036-000173393
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 036-000173393
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000015.0x000167
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/G/7
Title:: Factory Records: Calcutta
Scope & Content:: Diaries and consultations, 1690-1708 Copies of letters despatched, 1690-1705 Copies of letters received, 1690-1704
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
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Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000173250
036-000173393
Is part of:: IOR/G : East India Company Factory Records

IOR/G/7 : Factory Records: Calcutta
Contains:: IOR/G/7/1 : Factory Records: Calcutta
IOR/G/7/2 : Factory Records: Calcutta
IOR/G/7/3 : Factory Records: Calcutta
IOR/G/7/4 : Factory Records: Calcutta
IOR/G/7/5 : Factory Records: Calcutta
IOR/G/7/6 : Factory Records: Calcutta
IOR/G/7/7 : Factory Records: Calcutta
IOR/G/7/8 : Factory Records: Calcutta
IOR/G/7/9 : Factory Records: Calcutta
IOR/G/7/10 : Factory Records: Calcutta
IOR/G/7/11 : Factory Records: Calcutta

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Hierarchy:: 032-000173250[0007]/036-000173393
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Record Type (Level):: Series
Extent:: 11 volumes
Digitised Content:
Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1690
End Date:: 1704
Date Range:: 1690-1704
Era:: CE
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Administrative Context:: The 1680s saw an outbreak of hostilities between the Company factors in Bengal and the Mogul emperor, Aurangzeb. As a result, the emperor confiscated all the Company's factories in his dominions. The agent at Hugli, Job Charnock, retired 26 miles down the Hoogly river to Sutanati and re-established his factory there. The new settlement gradually extended to Kalikata (Calcutta) and Govindpur; in 1689 it was decided to make Calcutta the headquarters of the Company's Bengal factories. The settlement was chosen because it was at the highest point of the river that sea-going vessels could reach. In 1696 the Company was given permission to fortify the settlement and in 1698 it obtained the right to purchase the towns of Sutanati, Govindpur and Calcutta. Fort William was completed in 1702 and the settlement grew rapidly. In 1707 it was raised to the status of presidency. The records in this sub-series deal only with this early period of Calcutta's history. The town subsequently became famous when its capture by the Nawab of Bengal in 1756 set in train the events that led to the Company's new role as territorial administrator in India.
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Public Record(s)
Related Material:: See also Miscellaneous Factory Records (G/40/9, 14, 15) The diaries and consultations continue in the Bengal General Proceedings (P)