Calcutta Then Kolkata Now

by INDRAJIT HAZRA ,PRAMOD KAPOOR SUNANDA K DATTA-RAY, Indrajit Hazra, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, et al.

Calcutta Then: Calcutta is where it all began. The city symbolized India's transformation from medievalism to modernity. The British created the framework. The prophets and pioneers who operated within it were Indian. Raja Rammohan Roy linked past and present. After him came the poets, patriots and politicians. They made banian, boxwallah, bhadralok and biplab - trader, company executive, gentleman and revolutionary - the four props of the new metropolitan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8193750195
• ISBN13: 9788193750193
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Roli Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 5.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 11.6" x 11.5"