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Index of Indigo Planters - Bihar 1908

Index of Indigo Planters - Behar 1908 - C

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Date transcribed	2011-00-00
Transcribed by	Alison Kilpatrick
Comment	Index of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot and its inhabitants of the past.". by Minden Wilson 1908.

	Surname	Wilson
	Forename	Minden J.
	Chapter	Reminiscences of Behar
	Sub-title	Chapter III. House-keeping in the Olden Days--Killing a Cobra--Daily routine at an Outwork--Ryots and Rent Laws
	Page nos.	121-123
	Description	Was sent to an outwork [of Kumtoul Factory?] shortly after the drowning of Mr. Holgate in 1848. Set up house-keeping on his own account.
	Indexer Notes	This index entry was extracted from a description of the staff and fittings of Wilson�s new household, including a description of how Wilson killed a cobra that had intruded into his kitchen [pp. 121-22], and of the availability and prices of beer [pp. 121-23].

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Index of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past. History of Behar Light Horse
Volunteers". by Minden Wilson 1908.

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