A history of Murshidabad District (Bengal) : with biographies of some of its noted families PDF
Preview A history of Murshidabad District (Bengal) : with biographies of some of its noted families
CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY GIFT OF ALEXANDER B. GRI5W0LD 01in CornellUniversityLibrary DS 485.M76W22 AhistoryofMursliidabadDistrict(Benga 3 1924 008 675 047 Cornell University Library "^^ The book original of this is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924008675047 A HISTORY OF MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT A HISTORY OF MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT (BENGAL) WITH BIOGRAPHIES OF SOME OF ITS NOTED FAMILIES COMPILED AND EDITED BY MAJOR TULL WALSH, J. H. I.M.Si, F.LS., CIVIL SURGEON OF MURSHIDABAD 'XD'xi^ (P4j> anb (UttmerouB 3ff«Btt<xtionB "»v«<^ .-^ LONDONr JARROLD & SONS, lo & ii, WARWICK LANE, E.G. ^' , {Copyright Registered) „ ; .^t ; PREFACE. A FEW words of explanation are necessary as to the origin and object of this work. About two jfears ago, Colonel T. H. Hendley, I.M.S., CLE., Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, proposed tlie issue of a '^Medico-Topographical History" of each district in Bengal. I had collected a large amount of historical material and numerous photographs for that purpose. Much of this material was -not required for the work to be edited by Colonel Hendley. He therefore suggested that I might publish it separately by subscription, and obtained sanction. Until I reached England on furlough in June, 1901, I had no opportunity to arrange my notes in a coherent form. Further delay was due to the difficulty of choosing a method of reproducing the illustrlitions which would be reasonable in price and satisfactory in result. The interest of the Biographies in Part II. lies in the fact that many of the families are connected, more or less, with the history of the district and many of them owe their possessions, titles, or pensions, to the friendly relations existing between the founders and the Honourable East India Company. Some families have been left out, only because they furnished no replies to my request for information. While Part I. has been compiled from the works mentioned in the Bibliography and information collected in the District, the material in Part II. has been mainly supplied by the families concerned. (The exceptions to this rule are mentioned in the foot-notes.) I have exercised the rights of Editorship where necessary, only to . remove irrelevant matter, and to keep down the expense. I here offer my thanks to the Subscribers, and all who have supplied me with material for the Biographies. My thanks are due also to various Government Officers, who furnished information in their respective departments. The Judge and Magistrate of the District kindly allowed me to use any books I required from their official libraries. Many books, maps, and valuable papers were lent to me from the Palace library, by H.H. the Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad. Indeed, I could hardly have succeeded without his help in that respect, and as a Subscriber. That the work is incomplete, and has other imperfections, I am only too well aware. I can only plead as an excuse that the work was mainly compiled in the few leisure intervals in the busy life of a Civil Surgeon in an Indian District. Where copies or quota- tions are used, the spelling of the original has been preserved. For the rest uniformity is all that has been attempted. I will here also record my thanks to the Publishers, who have tried to meet my wishes in every way. The Zincographer deserves a word of praise, and it is not his fault that the map (frontispiece) requires good sight, or a magnifying glass. By sacjificing details, larger type could have been used ; but I thought it best to have a full map even with drery small type. H. T. W. J. Old Catton, Norwich, J July, 1902.
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