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Environmental upgrading and intra-urban migration in Calcutta by Foster, Margaret

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Groundwater quality beneath an Asian megacity on a delta: Kolkata’s (Calcutta’s) disappearing arsenic and present manganese by McArthur, J.M., Sikdar, P.K., Leng, M.J., Ghosal, U., Sen, I.

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Migrating objects: John Henry Foley and empire by Cullen, Fintan

“…My chapter considers the equestrian statue of a Raj military figure James Outram which was erected in central Calcutta in 1874. The essay discusses the incongruity of using western artistic ideals in the context of 19th C India. …”
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History and catalogue of reptile types in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India by Das, I., Basudeb, Dattagupta, Nimai Charan, Gayen

“…The contents of the reptile type collection of the Zoological Survey of India, headquartered in Calcutta, with several regional stations in the country, which incorporates the holdings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and the Indian Museum, are listed. …”
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Genetic evidence of gene flow from Indians to Malays. by Teng, Yao Sheng, Tan, Soon Guan

“…The occurrence of specific rare variants PHI 3-1, LDH Calcutta-1 and Madras-1, and Hb S, as well as the gene frequencies of adenylate kinase and haptoglobin in Malays and Indians confirm the gene flow from Indians to Malays.…”
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Exchange rate pass-through import prices: sectoral analysis by Duasa, Jarita, Ahmad, Nursilah

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We don’t see who exactly run the state, do we?’: the state’s role in governance: insights from the jute sector of Bangladesh by Alamgir, Fahreen

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The myths refugees live by: memory and history in the making of Bengali refugee identity by Sen, Uditi

“…Through a case-study of the foundation and development of Bijoygarh colony, an illegal settlement of refugee-squatters on the outskirts of Calcutta, this article will argue that refugee agency in post-partition West Bengal was inevitably moulded by social status and cultural capital. …”
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Catalogue of amphibian types in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India by Chanda, Shyamal Kumar, Das, I., Dubois, Alain

“…The amphibian types in the collection of the National Zoological Collection, maintained by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata (Calcutta), as well as those held by the regional stations at Dehra Dun and Chennai, are listed, up to 1 September 2000. …”
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Gender and education: the vision and activism of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain by Quayum, Mohammad Abdul

“…Moreover, she was practical enough to reify her vision by taking steps to eradicate women’s ignorance and invigorate their sense of self, by setting up a school in Calcutta and by running programmes to educate slum women through the association for Muslim women, Anjuman-i-Khwateen-i-Islam, which she founded in 1916 – all at a time when Indian Muslim women were expected to live in confinement in the zenana, and any attempt to educate them was seen as blasphemous. …”
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Gender and education: the vision and activism of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain by Quayum, Mohammad Abdul

“…Moreover, she was practical enough to reify her vision by taking steps to eradicate women’s ignorance and invigorate their sense of self, by setting up a school in Calcutta and by running programmes to educate slum women through the association for Muslim women, Anjuman-i-Khwateen-i-Islam, which she founded in 1916 – all at a time when Indian Muslim women were expected to live in confinement in the zenana, and any attempt to educate them was seen as blasphemous. …”
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Pentadbiran kolonial Inggeris di negeri-negeri Selat dan usaha membentras jenayah by Nordin Hussin, Shakimah Che Hasbullah

“…Hukum kanun jenayah yang digunapakai tidak selari dengan undang-undang yang digunakan di Calcutta atau pun di England. Justeru perkembangan sejarah perundangan jenayah bermula di negeri-negeri Selat dan kemudiannya telah digunapakai seterusnya ke negeri-negeri Melayu. …”
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Syed Sajjad Husain by Hasan, Md. Mahmudul

“…Syed Sajjad Husain started his teaching career at Calcutta Islamic College in 1944. From 1948 to 1969 he taught at the English Department of Dhaka University where he worked as a Professor and the Head of the Department from 1959 to 1969. …”
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Historical globalization and its effects: a study of Sylhet and its people, 1874-1971 by Hossain, Ashfaque

“…It considers the impact of 1947 partition, cutting off Sylhetis from Calcutta and ships - out migration not only continues but become torrent. …”
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Interpretasi terkini data arkeologi di Kompleks Percandian Pengkalan Bujang, Kedah. by Zuliskandar Ramli, Nik Hassan Shuhaimi Nik Abd. Rahman, Adnan Jusoh, Muhammad Rizal Razman

“…Penyelidikan arkeologi di Pengkalan Bujang, Kedah pada awalnya telah dijalankan secara sistematik oleh Quaritch-Wales sejak tahun 1936 hingga 1937 lagi di bawah tajaan Greater India Research Committee yang berpusat di Calcutta, India. Antara tapak yang telah diekskavasi oleh Quaritch-Wales ialah Tapak 18, Tapak 19, Tapak 21, Tapak 22 dan Tapak 23. …”
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A dialogue between colonial and post-colonial Bengal: An exceptional mother and daughter in search of science by Datta, Chandrakala

“…As in the metropolis, ‘literary rather than scientific knowledge was imparted at the University of Calcutta, for example, which was patterned on the London model. …”
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Status of female convicts under British colonial rule (Penal Settlement) in Andaman-India: An analysis by Biswas, Swapan Kumar

“…As a result many such unfortunate females either ended up in the brothels of Rangoon or Calcutta.…”
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