Bengal is a place which witnessed resurgence of learning, arts and creativity. Women also rose to fame in various spheres. Begum Rokkeya, Pritilata Waddedar, Bina Das, Matangini HAzra, Kadambini Ganguly, Rani Rashmoni. The list is quite endless of the women who were at the forefront. There was another breed of women who came from entitled […]
17th Apr 2022- The Bengal Story
Bengali entrepreneurs, their history goes back to Dwarkanath Tagore who acquired the Raniganj collieries in 1836 from an English agency house, Alexander & Co. This was followed with ventures for operating tugboats, steamboat services connecting Kolkata and Allahabad, and a steam-powered floating ferry across the Hooghly, mainly to use the coal that was mined. Dwarkanath […]
08th Apr 2022- The Bengal Story
The diversity of India’s corporate history, is peppered with names such as The Assam Company, Andrew Yule, Williamson Magor, Harrisons Malayalam, Bengal Chemicals, and His Master’s Voice. These were based in Calcutta, the biggest were managing agencies, holding companies that ran dozens of businesses. Andrew Yule, founded in 1863, managed 37 companies, including tea gardens, […]
- The Bengal Story
With the Mughal conquest of Bengal zamindar became a generic title embracing people with different kinds of landholdings and rights. To achieve the goal of maximisation of public revenue and its punctual remittance, Murshid Quli divided the province into 13 chaklahs (administrative divisions) instead of the previous 34 sarkars and placed the smaller zamindars under […]
21st Mar 2022- The Bengal Story
The site of old Fort William was located at the present GPO, the Eastern Railway Office, Custom House and the Government Office complexes on the banks of river Hooghly. The construction started at Sutanuti in 1698 and was completed in 1706. It was named Fort William in honour of the King of England. Though […]
19th Oct 2021- The Bengal Story
