A comprehensive account of India under the Mughal emperor Akbar, compiled in 1590 by Abul Fazl.

A subordinate executive official under native rule; in Sind the name is still applied to Hindus of the clerical class.

Justice Anukul Chandra Mukherjee was Born on 1829 AD. Educated at the Hindu College, Calcutta. He worked as Senior Scholar, Nazir under the Magistrate of Howrah. Anukul Chandra Passed the Law Examination in 1855 AD, and became Pleader of the "Sadar Court". In 1868 He became the Fellow of the Calcutta University, and Junior Government Pleader; in 1870 AD Senior Government Pleader and Member of the Bengal Legislative Council. Anukul Chandra became the Puisne Judge (regular member of a Court) of the High Court, Calcutta in 1870 AD. Anukul Chandra Mukherjee died on August 17, 1871 AD.

An incarnation of Vishnu

When Ham, son of Noah with the permission of his holy father, set himself to colonize the south, he girded up his loin for accomplishing this, and deputed his sons - the first of whom was Hind, the second Sind, the third Habash, the fourth Zanaj, the fifth Barbar, and the sixth Nubah - in all directions on colonizing expeditions. And the tract that each of them colonized was called after him. The eldest son, Hind, having come to the country of Hindustan, it was so named after him. And Sind in the company of his elder brother, having set himself to colonize the tract of Sind established Himself there, and that was named after him. But Hind had four sons, the first was Purab, the second was Bang, the third was Dakin, and the fourth was Naharwal. And every tract that was colonized by each, is still called after him. And Dakin, son of Hind, had three sons, and the country of Dakin was parcelled between them. Their names were Marhat, Kanar, and Talang; and Dakhinans are all descended from him, and up to this time all the three tribes dominate there. And Naharwal had three sons namely, Babruj, Kanoj and Malraj. After them cities were also named.

And Purab, who was the eldest son of Hind, had forty-two sons, and, within a short time their descendants multiplied and colonized different countries, and when they became numerous, they raised one of themselves to be the chief and to look after the management of the realm.

And Bang, the son of Hind, getting children born to him, colonized the country of Bengal. The name of Bengal was originally Bang. And the reason why the word al আল was added to it, is this : al আল in the Bengali language means an 'embankment' or raised ground, which is placed round a garden or cultivation, so that floods may not enter it. As in ancient times, the chieftains of Bengal on lowlands which were situated at the foot of hills, used to raise mounds about ten cubits high and twenty cubits broad, and to make homes, cultivations, and buildings within them, people used to call this place Bangalah.

[ Riyazu-s-salatin, a history of Bengal - By Ghulam Husain Salim, Translated from the original Persian By Maulavi Abdus Salim (1902) ]

A measure of land, varying widely; the standard bigha is generally five-eighths of an acre.

A non-commissioned native officer in the army or police.

The title of ofificials in various departments : now especially applied to subordinate controlling officers in the police and jail departments.

David Drummond (ডেভিড ড্রামন্ড) was a native of Fifeshire, Scotland, born in 1785, eleven years before the death of Robert Burns. Drummond was inspired by the ploughman poet, which filled all Scotland. A few of his songs, in the homely Doric of his native land, became popular. In 1813 Drummond left Scotland for ever, and landed in India. He lived with a friend at Berhampore Mr Christie for a short time, and was then appointed assistant on Rs 125 a month, with board and lodging, in the proprietory school of Messers. Wallace and Measures. A few years after he became sole proprietor; and the Dhurmotollah Academy (ধর্মতলা একাডেমি) under him speedily attained the highest position amongst the educational establishments of Calcutta, and aided high class English education among the European childresn, as well as to Eurasians and natives. The impetus given by Drummond to education in Calcutta awoke a spirit of competition; the means of education multiplied, and a healthy rivalry between schools of various sorts produced the happiest results.

Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was given formal education at this School of David Drummond, during his childhood (from eight to fourteen years of his age). Drummond was a good example of the best type of the old Scotch Dominie, a scholar and a gentleman, equally versed and well read in the classics, mathematics and metaphysics of his day. His culture and power of independent thinking impressed young Derozio. Drummond believed that opinions should be formed on the basis of science, logic and reason, and should not be influenced by authority, tradition, or any other dogma. The years Derozio spent at Drummond's academy were enough to school him in the classics and give him an understanding of Western traditions.

In the year 1829, shortly after the publication of his Objections to Phrenology, the intense application of stress coupled with improprieties in diet, completely broke down the health of Drummond. For two years 1828-30, Drummond sought to regain health by a residence in the Straits of Malacca, and left the care of his flourishing school to a Mr. Wilson. When he returned in 1830, with health little improved, the Academy had lost ground, and he was unable to carry on the heavy duties which the labour of a large school implied. Soon afterwards, with the money derived from the sale of the goodwill and furniture of his school, he retired to the General Hospital, where he remained for years an invalid. He could not teach, but he could write, and he thought he saw an opening for a weekly paper. Under the auspices of Drummond as proprietor, editor, reporter, the Weekly Examiner, "a journal of politics, news and literature" had an existence of nearly two years (1839-41). To this weekly newspaper both Dr. John Grant and D. L. Richardson frequently contributed, to help their old friend in his new venture; but the burden of the whole laid heavily on Drummond. By the middle of 1841, Drummond was again prostrate with spine disease. Unable to sit up to write or even to write in bed, his editorials were dictated in spasmodic gasps between the intervals of weakness and bodily agony. At last he gave the struggle up. After staying in India for 30 years on April of 1843, at the age of fifty-six, David Drummond, interloper and schoolmaster, slept the sleep that knows no waking, to such a life, at least, as that through which he had passed. He was burried at the South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta.

The chief minister in a Native State.