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· REFERENCE SECTION

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· CONTACT

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THE PROJECT

· Introductions

· Sitemap & Index

· The Project

· Helping us

· Start-up Questionnaire

· Thank you

· Questions & Discussions

· Copyrights

· News of the Project

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DAILY LIFE in 1940s Calcutta

• Arriving in Calcutta

• Family Life

• Food

• Accommodation

• Education

• In the Office

• In Industry

• On the River

• Military Life

• Village Life

• Shopping

• Communications

• Transport

• Travel

• Religion

• Community Relations

• Culture

• Entertainment

• Leisure

• In the Park

• Sport

Cricket

Football

At the Races

• On Holiday

• The Underworld

• Health & Welfare

• Death

• Leaving Calcutta

• Staying in Calcutta

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Guide to 1940s Calcutta

• Tour No. 1 -Howrah Station to Park Street

• Tour No. 2 :-Chowringhee to Ballygunge

• Tour No. 3 :-Chowringhee to Sealdah

• Tour No. 4 :-Esplanade to Kalighat

• Southern Tour :-Chowringhee to Tollygunge

• Northern Tour :-Bentinck Street to Paikpara

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Historic Events

• Outbreak of War

• The Passing of Rabindranath Tagore

• The Arrest & Escape of Subhas Chandra Bose

• Demonstrations and Agitation

• Local Politics & Government

• Muslim League in Government

• Governors and Viceroys

• The unstoppable Japanese Advance

• When Calcutta was American

• Bombs on Calcutta

• Bengal Famine

• The End of War

• Politics before Independence

• The Great Calcutta Killings

• Independence

• Partition

• Congress Rule in West Bengal

• The Communists on the Rise

• The French and Chandernagore

• Great Plans for the Future

• Other Events

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REFERENCE SECTION

Publications

• Writings on Calcutta

• General Writings

• General History of Calcutta

• General History of Bengal

• Aspects of 1940s History

• Specific Communities

• Biographies & Autobiographies

• List & Directories

• Guidebooks

• Fiction

Sight & Sound

• Drawings & Paintings

• The Sound of Calcutta

Unpublished Records

• Political Issues

• Military Issues

• Trade & Economy

• Transport & Communications

• Legal Issues

• Police and Public Order

• Public Health & Welfare

• Religious Issues

• Cultural Issues

• Scientific Issues

• Family & Personal Records

• News-Archives

• Unpublished Pictures & Films

Organisations/Institutions

• Museums

• Libraries & Collections

• Groups & Associations

1940s Address Book

• Government, Military & Diplomacy

• Business

• Places of Worship

• Culture

• Leisure

1940s Street Atlas

• Maps & Plans

• Street Directory

• Re-namings

Glossary & Lexicon

• Words & Terms:

• 0-9, A • B • C • D, E

• F, G • H, I, J • K • L

• M • N, O • P, Q • R

• S • T, U • V, W

• X, Y, Z

• Currencies

• Measurements

• 1940s Calendar

• Statistics

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Contact:

Calcutta 1940s

info@calcutta1940s.org

www.calcutta1940s.org

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Last update on the:

28-April-2009

by Hauke Wiebe.

If there are any technical problems, factual inaccuracies or things you have to add, then please contact the group