UID:
almahu_9949383563702882
Format:
1 online resource (313 pages)
ISBN:
9781000023237
,
9781003018667
,
1003018661
,
1000023230
,
9781000029369
,
1000029360
Content:
Frank David Ascoli's Revenue History of Sundarbans during the Period 1870- 1920 looks at the area bounded on the north by the limits of Permanent Settlement in 24-Parganas, Khulna and Bakarganj districts and on the south by the sea face stretching from the Hughli estuary to the mouth of the Meghna River. A quarter of this large area consisted of water out of 19,501 sq. km. For administrative purposes the Division was grouped in three circles known as the Bagerhat, Khulna and Satkhira. Revenue stations were established at all the principal points of egress from the Sundarbans, and purchasers proceed to the forests and take their requirements from any locality they choose. The process of land formation appears to have been followed by the growth of different vegetation and plants which turned into forest it left uncleared. The entire Sundarban tract is managed by the Forest Department, which has operated a yearly auction for cutting rights for many decades. In this way the Sundarbans emerged between the Bay of Bengal and the fringes of the Bengal delta. The revenue history of the Sundarbans is distinct from that of the rest of the district that presents several peculiar features, so that a separate account of it is necessary. It is apparent that some of the most forbidding remnants of Sundarbans jungle were transformed into fertile rice fields, schools, dispensaries, post offices, markets and cooperative societies. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; Preface to the First Edition; Introduction; I: Bengal as a Province of the Mughal Empire and the Origin of the British Dominion; II: The Mughal Revenue Administration; III: British Revenue Administration up to 1786; IV: Revenue Administration from 1786-1790; V: The Grant-Shore Controversy: Grant's Case; VI: The Grant-Shore Controversy: Shore's Case; VII: The Shore-Cornwallis Controversy; VIII: The Effects of the Permanent Settlement
,
Synopsis of Events in the Development of the British Revenue Administration in Bengal, Behar, and OrissaCopy of the Fifth Report from the Select Committee; Glossary; Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: Bhattacharyya, Ananda. F.D. Ascoli: Early Revenue History of Bengal and the Fifth Report 1812. Milton : Routledge, ©2019 ISBN 9780367277420
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003018667
