Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series -Bengal Vol.I 1909

Abstract

Trife articles contained in these volumes were compiled before the transfer of the Districts in Eastern Bengal to a new Province; but footnotes have been added, wherever possible, to show, statistics for the area of the present Province of'Bengal, and asterisks have been placed against the namesj>f places transferred. Mr. E. A . Gait, C.I.E., drafted the greater portion of the article on Bengal, which was completed by Mr. C. G. H. Allen, I.C.S., and Mr. H. F. Howard, I.C.S. Materials for several sections dealing with technical and special subjects were supplied by the departments concerned. The minor .articles and the articles on Divisions, Districts, and places therein Were likewise written by Messrs. Allen and Howard, on the basis,' in most cases, of drafts supplied by District or Political officers, with the addition of notes on Geology by Mr. P. N. Bose, on Archaeology by Dr. T . Bloch, on climate by Mr. Little, and on Botany by Lieut.-Colonel Prain, C.I.E. Most of these articles were also revised by Mr. Gait. Mr. L. S. S. O ’Malley, I.C.S., who was in charge o f the work during the revision by the Indian editor, added later statistics and contributed many valuable suggestions.