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100			_aChoudhury, Ranabir Ray
245			_aShaping of modern Calcutta : the lottery committee years 1817-1830
260			_bNiyogi Books, _c2022 _aNew Delhi :
300			_a516 p. ; _bill., (some color), _c22 cm
365			_b1250.00 _cINR _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe volume focuses on the Calcutta Lottery Committee’s work from 1817 till about 1830 when, for all practical purposes, the functions of the committee relating to the improvement of the city ceased effectively. The work done by the committee was phenomenal because the projects conceived and implemented by it still cast their long shadow on life in modern Calcutta. Thematically, the book is a sequel to A City in the Making: Aspects of Calcutta’s Early Growth, published by Niyogi Books in 2016. That work ended with the formation of the Lottery Committee in 1817: this book takes up the story from there. As with the earlier work, this book is wholly based on archival material available at the West Bengal State Archives. Among other things, the Lottery Committee built the major arterial roads in the northern and central parts of the city, which in time determined the layout of the contiguous residential areas. Dalhousie Square and the entire ground between Park Street and Circular Road were developed by the committee. Previously, a large part of the ground south of Park Street was low-lying and marshy, generating pestilence all around. Bustee clusters were located here probably because of the availability of Gangajal from Tolly’s Nullah (the Adi Ganga) through the existing network of drains, the river being some way off to the west. The story of the making of Strand Road is narrated in detail, the Lottery Committee also being responsible for putting up the first brick-and-mortar decorative balustrade which still adorns the Chowringhee area and Red Road.
650			_aCity planning
650			_aChowringhee
650			_aDrainageFirst William Old fort
650			_a Ghats
650			_aGordon, G.J.
650			_aHooghly
650			_aImport warehouse
650			_aJheels,Tanks
650			_a Writer's building
650			_aCity improvement
650			_a Urban development
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