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East Bengal,
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, Bengal

East Indian Company, formation of,
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and Mogul Empire,
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and exploitation of India,
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expansion of,
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and the French,
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financial difficulties of,
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Indian Mutiny and,
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liquidation of,
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mentioned,
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Charnock, Job;

Clive, Robert;

Cornwallis, Lord;

Hastings, Warren;

Wellesley, Lord

East Pakistan,
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Eden, Hon. Emily,
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education, in nineteenth century,
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and nationalism,
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labour market and,
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Bengali attitude to,
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Tagore family and,
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of British children,
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mentioned,
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illiteracy;

schools, students

Edward VII, King,
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electricity, lack of, in bustees,
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failure of supply of,
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Electricity (Supply) Act 1948,
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Elgin, Lord,
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Elizabeth I, Queen,
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Elizabeth II, Queen,
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Ellenborough, Lord,
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Elphinstone, Mountstuart,
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Emerson, Sir William,
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engineering industry,
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The
Englishman
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Entally,
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entertainment,
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cinema

Esplanade,
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Eyre, Sir Charles,
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factories, closures,
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employment in,
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industrial action in,
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mentioned,
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commerce;

industry;

jute mills

factories (warehouses),
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family hospitality,
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family life,
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family separation,
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famine,
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Farraka barrage,
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Farrer, Thomas,
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fasts,
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Fay, Mrs,
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fish, fishing,
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film industry,
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cinema

First World War,
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food, Indian,
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food prices,
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food taboos,
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Ford Foundation,
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Formosa,
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Fort Gustavus,
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Fort St George,
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Fort William, size of,
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taken by Siraj-ud-Daula,
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deterioration of,
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rebuilding of,
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under Hastings,
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during Indian Mutiny,
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used by Indian Government,
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mentioned,
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Fort William College,
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Forward Bloc,
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Forward Bloc (Marxist),
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47th Native Infantry,
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Foster, Sir Ridgeby,
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Foucauld, Charles de,
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Fourteenth Army,
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France, French,
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Francis, Philip,
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Freemasons,
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Frere, Sir Bartle,
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French East Indian Company,
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French Revolution,
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gambling,
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games, exercise,
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Gandhi, Mrs Indira,
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Gandhi, Mahatma, Congress and,
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Birla family and,
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Marwaris and,
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Bose and,
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non-violence and,
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Tagore and,
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and Calcutta race riots,
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memorial in Calcutta to,
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and Independence Day,
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imprisonment of,
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influence of,
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reaction against,
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mentioned,
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Ganesh,
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Ganga River,
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Garden Reach,
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gardens,
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garlands,
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Garrick, David,
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Garstin, Colonel,
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gas industry, lighting,
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Gas Street,
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George III, King,
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George IV, King,
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George V, King,
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George VI, King,
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Germany, Germans,
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ghats
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cremation

ghee,
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gherao,
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Ghosh, Atulya,
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Ghosh, Girish Chandra,
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Goa, Goanese,
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goats,
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Goonda Act (1923),
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gondas,
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Gopalpur-on-sea,
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Gorkha League,
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Government House, built by Wellesley,
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Hastings in,
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Canning in,
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social life in,
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Curzon in,
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cost of,
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Ellenborough in,
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Elgin in,
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Northbropk in,
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Hardinge in,
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gardens of;
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Amherst in,
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Lawrence in,
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Lytton in,
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Bentinck in,
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Mayo in,
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on Independence Day,
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Burrows in,
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mentioned,
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Govindpur,
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Grande, Madame, Catherine,
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Grand Opera House,
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Grand Hotel,
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Grand Trunk Road,
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Grant, Captain,
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Granville, Walter,
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Great Eastern Hotel,
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Griffiths, Sir Percival,
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Gujeratis,
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Gupta, Iswarchandra,
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Gurkhas,
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gurus,
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Gwalior Monument,
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