Eastern India in the Late Nineteenth Century, Part I: 1860s-1870s (Documents on Economic History of British Rule in India, 1858-1947) Book
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. I. Administrative reports: 1. Annual report on the administration of Bengal Presidency, 1860-61: Demand and collection, redemption suits under Rent Act X of 1859 and sale of land under Act XI of 1859. 2. Annual Report, 1861-62: Demand and collection, redemption, resumption of lands, rent suits under Act X of 1859, tea cultivation in Cachar and elsewhere. … II. Famine reports: 1. Famine Report: Famine in Bengal and Orissa. 2. Famine Report: Famine in Bihar and Sonthal Pergunnahs, 1866. Papers and correspondence, including the report of the famine commission and the Minutes of the Lieutenant – Governor of Bengal and the Governor-General. III. Other documents: 1. Proceedings No. 1196: Mr. Geddess Report on Chittagong tenures, 1868: Classification of land tenures the district, their revenue tolls, etc. 2. Correspondence relating to the settlement of Saugor Island for 1869 – (I). … IV. LT. Governor’s proceedings: 1. Annual general report of the Chittagong Division of 1871-72: Weather and crops, public health, prices of food, prices of labour, state of public feeling and conduct of zamindars. 2. Annual general report of the Dacca Division for 1871-72: weather, crops and public health, prices of food and labour, state of public feeling on general or special subjects, conduct of zamindars who have distinguished themselves by undertaking improvements in their villages. … Glossary. Index.
"The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) has recently revived its Major Project on the collection and collation of important documents pertaining to the economic history of British Rule in India covering the period 1858-1947. Economic history is taken here in the widest possible meaning of the term, covering data and developments judged significant from the economic, social, cultural and ecological history of the country. The present volume contains a wide range of economic documents for Eastern India, roughly covered by the Bengal Presidency of British Indian in the late nineteenth century.
The volume is divided into two parts, Part I (1860s-1870s) and Part II (1880-1890s). Part I contains documents on economic history of the region in the early decades after the administration of India was taken over from the East India Company by the British Parliament. These documents display the plight of the people, often culminating in famines and epidemics. The collected data relate to diverse fields such as agriculture, forestry, population, public health, education and sanitation. Official data on agricultural operations, agricultural appliances, material conditions of agricultural classes, population change, health and mortality, literacy and primary education, value of livestock and cattle diseases, production and export of cash crops, production and supply of food grains, distribution of waste lands, forests and reclamation of jungle lands, tenurial disputes and demarcation of village lands, are to be found here.
The work is expected to be an important resource for students of the history of economic and human development of India." (jacket)