Description
These are the initial research notes on sources shared with the artists, on the basis of which discussions were begun. One of the challenges of this story was the wide variety of sources - from official records to literary works. We focussed on contemporary sources, rather than the later literary accounts, which have also shaped cultural memory.
Creator
Mukherjee, Ayesha
Source
William Hunter, The Annals of Rural Bengal (New York: 1868), chapters 2 and 5, appendices A and B.
Hunter, Famine Aspects of Bengal Districts, p.26 (cost of 1770 famine).
John Shore, "Still fresh in memory's eye the scene I view", in Hunter, Annals, p.28, and Memoir of the Life and Correspondence of John Lord Teignmouth, by his Son (London, 1843), Vol. i. pp. 25, 26.
Anonymous, "Nad nadi khal bil shob shukailo", in Suprasanna Bandopadhyay (ed), Itihasashrito Bangla Kobita, 1751-1855 (Calcutta: 1954). Famine and Dearth in India and Britain, 1550-1800.
Date
2019-08
Contributor
Dutta, Shrutakirti
Rights
CC BY-NC
Format
Text
Language
English
Type
Notes
Coverage
Bengal, India; 1769-70