“THE SECOND CITY OF THE EMPIRE”, compiled by Dr. P. C. Bagchi, has been published under the auspices of the Indian Science Congress Association as guide book and souvenir of its silver jubilee meeting recently held in Calcutta. The brochure, which is fully illustrated, gives a historical account of the rise and growth of this city and describes the development of its municipal administration, educational, industrial, public and social services. Calcutta came into existence towards the end of the seventeenth century, and largely owing to its geographical position rapidly grew into an important town. According to the 1935 census, its population now numbers more than a million. The city is mainly industrial and commercial, textiles and tea being two of the chief commodities with which it is concerned. Rapid strides have been made in education during the last century, particularly since the foundation of the University in 1857. To illustrate the more modern developments on the medical side, mention may be made of the opening of the Pasteur Institute in 1924, and more recently still, the Institute of Hygiene and Public Health. The formation of the Vangiya Sahitya Parishad in 1894, for the cultivation and improvement of the Bengali language and literature, has done much to further the study of arts, while the Bose Research Institute, opened in 1917, is an example of the interest taken in pure scientific research.
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Jan 1, 1979
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