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Posted on: 2 February 2012
Digital Rare Book:
The Early History and Growth of Calcutta
By Raja Binaya Krishna Deb
Published by Romesh Chandra Ghose, Calcutta - 1905
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Image:
View of the East Side of Tank Square, Calcutta - 1794
Print made by W Baillie
View of palatial buildings, including one with a neo-classical façade with pilasters and pediment and a tower, to left of centre, seen beyond railings across a lawn and man-made lake to the left, with steps cut into the bank in the centre; plate 12. 1794
Hand-coloured etching
Source: British Museum
Kiernander's "Beth Tephillah" or House of Prayer, otherwise known as the Mission Church, the Old Church, Lal Girja (The Red Church), and now as The Old Mission Church.
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