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College Street,
1

Commerce
,
1

commerce, under Moguls,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
;

British interest,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
;

exports,
1
;

imports,
1
;

foreign interests,
1
;

Indian,
1
,
2
,
3
;

decline in,
1
,
2
,
3
;

effect of industrial action,
1
,
2
,

see
also
East India Company;

industry

Committee of Public Instruction,
1

Communism,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11

Communist Party of India, peasants’ congress,
1
,
2
;

outlawed by British,
1
;

foundation of,
1
;

and Congress,
1
,
2
,
3
;

in Kerala,
1
;

membership of,
1
;

split in,
1
;

in 1962 elections, 1969 elections,
1
;

and CPI (M),
1
,
2
,

see
also
United Front

Communist Party of India (Marxist), political rallies of,
1
,
2
,
3
;

formation of,
1
;

in 1962 elections,
1
;

April Resolution of,
1
;

land reform and,
1
;

and Naxalbari incident,
1
;

in 1969 elections,
1
;

struggle with Delhi,
1
;

industrial action and,
1
,
2
;

and terrorism,
1
,
2
,
3
;

and clash with Bangla Congress,
1
,
2
,
3
,

see
also
Basu, Jyoti;

‘United Front’

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), and CPI,
1

Congress Party,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,

see
also
United Front

Contai,
1

Cooch Behar, Maharajah of,
1

cooks, cook-bearer,
1
,
2

coolies,
1

Cornwallis, Lord,
1
,
2
,
3

Cornwallis Street,
1

Cossimbazar, Maharajah of,
1
,
2

Cossipore,
1
,
2
,
3

Cossitollah,
1

cottage industries,
1

cows,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

credit societies,
1

cremation,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,

see
also
suttee

Crewe, Lord,
1
,
2
,
3

Cripps, Sir Stafford,
1
,
2

culture,
1
,
2
,
3

Curzon, Lord, and his monument to Black Hole,
1
,
2
;

and Calcutta Corporation,
1
,
2
;

and Calcutta University,
1
,
2
;

and partition of Bengal,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
;

memorial to,
1
;

and Victoria Memorial,
1
,
2
;

character of,
1
;

on Calcutta,
1
,
2
,

see
also
Government House;

mentioned,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Curzon Park,
1
,
2

Dacca,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

dacoits,
1
,
2

Dakineshwar temple,
1
,
2

Dalhousie Square,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,

and
see
Behoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh

Daniells family,
1

Daniells, Thomas,
1

Darjeeling,
1
,
2

Das, Chittaranjan,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Dasgupta, Promode,
1
,
2
,
3

Datta, Michael Madhusudan,
1
,
2
,
3

death penalty,
1
,
2

deaths, European, in Calcutta,
1
,
2
,
3
;

Indian, in streets,
1
,
2
;

Indian, in Nirmal Hriday,
1
;

from cholera,
1
;

and disposal of corpses in Hooghly,
1
,
2
;

infant mortality in Calcutta,
1
;

see
also
cremation;

famine, murder;

race riots

Deccan,
1

Delhi, as Mogul capital,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
;

Armenians in,
1
;

Indian Mutiny in,
1
,
2
;

capital removed to,
1
,
2
,
3
;

population of,
1
;

wealth of,
1
;

relations with West Bengal,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
;

mentioned,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Denmark, Danes,
1
,
2
,
3

DeRozio, Henry Louis Vivian,
1
,
2

Desai, Morarji,
1
,
2

desertion,
1
,
2

de Valera, Eamon,
1

Dey, Ram Dollal, (Ramdnlal),
1
,
2

Dhakuria Lake,
1

Dhapa leper colony,
1
,
2
,
3

Dharamtala Street,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Dhavan, S. S.,
1
,
2

dhobies,
1
,
2
,

see
also
water supply

Dhurmtollar Bazaar,
1

Diamond Harbour,
1
,
2

Dinu Chamrawalla’s mosque,
1

Direct Action Day,
1

District Magistrate’s House,
1

docks, dockyards,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8

doctors,
1
,
2

dogs,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8

Drake, Roger,
1
,
2
,
3

drinking,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9

Dum Dum, small arms factory at,
1
;

airport,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9

leopards near,
1
;

riot at,
1
;

mentioned,
1

Dupleix,
1
,
2

Durbar, King George VI’s,
1
,
2

Durga,
see
Kali

Durga Puja,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Durgapur,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

durwans,
1
,
2
,
3

Dutta Industrial Licensing Committee,
1

Dyer, General,
1
,
2

dysentery,
1
,
2

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