Calcutta Review, Volume 29University of Calcutta., 1857 |
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... Bengal , were , in most cases , employed in road - making , or let out to private individuals as domestic servants . At Singapore , there were 901 Bengali convicts , of whom 857 were placed in road - gangs ; the rest remained with ...
... Bengal , were , in most cases , employed in road - making , or let out to private individuals as domestic servants . At Singapore , there were 901 Bengali convicts , of whom 857 were placed in road - gangs ; the rest remained with ...
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... Bengal effective both as reformatories , and as places of punishment , with as little cost to the State as possible . The elaborate character of Dr. Mouat's first Report is a proof of what may be accomplished even in India by an ...
... Bengal effective both as reformatories , and as places of punishment , with as little cost to the State as possible . The elaborate character of Dr. Mouat's first Report is a proof of what may be accomplished even in India by an ...
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... Bengal , and , under that name , are known in foreign markets , for their great strength and durability . We understood that on the first few days of the exhibition , more contracts were offered for this de- scription of gunny bags ...
... Bengal , and , under that name , are known in foreign markets , for their great strength and durability . We understood that on the first few days of the exhibition , more contracts were offered for this de- scription of gunny bags ...
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... Bengal , from the Deccan , the Punjab , from Cashmere , Affghanistan , Tartary and Thibet , some as religious . devotees , some as worldly tradesmen . For miles around the place it is one immense encampment , and all the races , faces ...
... Bengal , from the Deccan , the Punjab , from Cashmere , Affghanistan , Tartary and Thibet , some as religious . devotees , some as worldly tradesmen . For miles around the place it is one immense encampment , and all the races , faces ...
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... Bengal army list before the mutinies , it will be found that the regular Bengal army consisted of ARTILLERY . Three brigades horse artillery , containing thirteen troops , of which five were native . Six battalions European foot ...
... Bengal army list before the mutinies , it will be found that the regular Bengal army consisted of ARTILLERY . Three brigades horse artillery , containing thirteen troops , of which five were native . Six battalions European foot ...
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