Bengal District Gazetteers Balasore

L. S. S. O'malley

ISBN 10: 8121218691 ISBN 13: 9788121218696

Publisher: Gyan Publishing House, 2019

The present volume gives a detailed description of the district of Midnapur. It was published in 1911. It states that Midnapur is the largest and most populous of the Bengal regulation districts. The Gazetteer provides valuable information about its boundaries, configurations, natural divisions, Geology, Botany, Zoology, wild animals, and game birds. It tells about the growth of population, religious gatherings, amusements and village customs. It informs about the public health, prevailing diseases, infirmities and vaccinations. It also lists various medical institutions of the region. The volume elaborates upon agriculture, irrigation- water-lifts usage, principal crops, miscellaneous products, and extension of cultivation. The author has described about various canals of the region, embankments, and drainage system.Cyclone and floods were the main natural calamities that had hit the region.Chief occupations of the people were mining, silk-weaving, tusser-weaving, mat-making, cotton and wool-weaving, and salt trade.During those days, education of Muhammadans, education of Santals and girls' education were emphasized. Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley was born on 23 October 1874 at Flitcham, Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk, England. He was the son of BryanO'Malley, a minister. He married Ida Sewell Prichard on 24 November 1900 at The Cathedral, Calcutta, India. He died in 1941 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Lewis was the British Civil Servant in India. He was educated in Norwich and Hertford College, Oxford (B. A.). In 1898, he entered I.C.S. He worked as Magistrate and Collector in Bengal for quite a few years. Later, he served in General and Revenue Department in Bengal as a civil servant. He got retired in 1924 as C.I.E. During his lifetime, he published several books, such as Bengal District Gazetteers, Santal Parganas,andPurnea. He was the editor of the whole series. He also wrote Indian Caste Customs in 1934, Popular Hinduism in 1935, and Modern India and the West in 1

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