Calcutta, East Bengal & Assam, the Santhal Parganas and Kumaon

Author, Title and Publisher	Notes
Military Sketches of the Goorka War in India: In the Years 1814, 1815, 1816. London: Printed by J. Loder for R. Hunter, 1822.
Banerjee, Sumanta. The Wicked City: Crime and Punishment in Colonial Calcutta. Orient Black Swan Pvt. Ltd. 2009
Bradley-Birt, F. B. The Story of an Indian Upland. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1905	The History of Santhal
Bradley-Birt, F. B. ‘Sylhet’ Thackeray. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1911.
Bradley-Birt, F. B. Dacca: The Romance of an Eastern Capital. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1914.
Carey, W.H. comp. The Good Old Days of Honorable John Company, being Curious Reminiscences During the Rule of the East India Company. 3 Volumes. Volume I & II Simla: Argus Press, 1882, 1887 Volume II: Calcutta: R. Cambray & Co. 1907	Many of the ‘curious reminiscences’ are Calcutta-centric and thus are listed here.
Cavanagh, Orfeur. Reminiscences of an Indian Official. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884,	Orfeur Cavanagh left behind a very descriptive book of his life in Calcutta. However, he also served in the 2nd Regiment Irregular Cavalry, was superintendent in Mysore, worked in the political office in Nepal and as the Town and Fort Major in Calcutta, where we find him during the mutiny. He finished his career in the Straits Settlements.
Chakravorty, Birendra Chandra. British Relations with the Hill Tribes of Assam since 1858. Calcutta: Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay, 1964.
Choudhury, Sujit, ed. The Mutiny Period in Cachar. Silchar: Tagore Society for Cultural Integration, 1960.
Gait, E. A. A History of Assam. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1906.
Hamilton, Angus. In Abor’s Jungles. London: Eveleigh Nash, 1912
Kennedy, James. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon 1839-1877. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1884	This book is very religious in nature. I have not used it in any of my work; however, it does give an interesting account of missionary life in India, spanning not only the two places mentioned in the title but also Calcutta, and the NWP.
Long, James. Handbook of Bengal Missions, in Connection with the Church of England in the Presidency of Bengal. London: John Farquhar Shaw, 1848.
Pearse, Hugh. The Hearseys: Five Generations of an Anglo-Indian Family. London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1905.
Sandeman, Hugh David. Selections from Calcutta Gazettes of the Years 1806 to 1815 inclusive, showing the Political and Social Condition of the English in India, Vol. IV. Fifty Years Ago. Calcutta: Government Printing Press, 1868
Sandeman, Hugh David. Selections from Calcutta Gazettes of the Years 1816 to 1823 inclusive, showing the Political and Social Condition of the English in India, Fifty Years Ago. Vol. V. Calcutta: Government Printing Press, 1869
Seton-Karr, Walter Scott. A Short Account of Events during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58 in the Districts of Belgaum in the Bombay Presidency and of Jessore in the Presidency of Bengal. London: Bentley and Son, 1894
Seton-Karr, Walter Scott. Selections from Calcutta Gazettes of the Years 1784-1788, showing the Political and Social Condition of the English in India, Eighty Years Ago. Vol I. Calcutta: Military Orphan Press, 1864	These books are similar to Carey’s, and indeed Carey likely received his inspiration from these. Seton-Karr wrote the first three and Sandeman picked up the pen for two more volumes.
Seton-Karr, Walter Scott. Selections from Calcutta Gazettes of the Years 178,– 1797, showing the Political and Social Condition of the English in India, Seventy Years Ago. Vol. II Calcutta: Military Orphan Press, 1865
Seton-Karr, Walter Scott. Selections from Calcutta Gazettes of the Years 1798-1805, showing the Political and Social Condition of the English in India, Sixty Years Ago. Vol. III Calcutta: Military Orphan Press, 1865
White, Adam. Memoir of the Late David Scott, Esq., Agent to the Governor General on the North East Frontier of Bengal and Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit in Assam. Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1832.

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Articles

• Choudhury, Sujit (editor), The Mutiny Period in Cachar – Correspondence of Capt. Robt. Stewart, Snpdt. Cachar, 1857-58 (Silchar: Tagore Society for Cultural Integration, 1960)
• Khan, Muinuddin Ahmad. “The Sepoy Mutiny and the Muslim Community in Bengal.” Bengal Muslim Research Institute UK, accessed May 26, 2026. bmri.org.uk.
• Mishra, Asha. “The Resurgence of a Marginalized Society: 1857 Rebellion and the Santal Psychology.” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 76 (2015): 466–74. jstor.org.
• Xalxo, Abha. The Great Santal Insurrection (Hul) OF 1855-56. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 69 (2008): 732–55. jstor.org.

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