Kali Kinkar Datta

Siraj‑ud‑daulah and the English before 1756

By Kali Kinkar Datta

This article studies relations between Siraj‑ud‑daulah, Nawab of Bengal, and the English East India Company before 1756. In May 1752 Nawab Alivardi named Siraj his successor, and during Siraj’s stay…

A Letter of the Council in Calcutta to Marquis de Bussy, 1784

By Kali Kinkar Datta

This historical study introduces and reproduces a previously unedited letter sent by the Council in Calcutta to Marquis de Bussy in 1784, situating it within the international conflicts of the late…

The Ostend Company in Bengal

By Kali Kinkar Datta

The article recounts the history of the Ostend Company, a trading enterprise chartered by merchants from the Austrian Netherlands (Flanders) in 1722, and its short‑lived venture in Bengal. The Nawab…

Durlabhrām: A Prominent Bengal Officer of the Mid‑eighteenth Century

By Kali Kinkar Datta

The Dutch in Bengal after Bedara

By Kali Kinkar Datta

Kalikinkar Datta’s article surveys the fortunes of the Dutch East India Company in Bengal after their decisive defeat at Bedara in November 1759. That battle destroyed Dutch hopes of matching British…

ʿAlīvardī as Deputy Governor of Bihar

By Kali Kinkar Datta

'Alivardi was appointed Deputy Governor of Bihar in 1733 after the annexation of the province to the Bengal Subah following the dismissal of Fakhr-ud-daulah, whose uneducated and arrogant rule had…

Some unpublished Papers relating to the Mutiny of 1857‑59

By Kali Kinkar Datta

This piece publishes and interprets a series of documents relating to the Indian Uprising of 1857–59. The author opens by reiterating that the rebellion was a watershed moment for India, describing…

Some unpublished Papers relating to Indo‑British History and Administration from 1790‑98

By Kali Kinkar Datta

The period 1790-1798 marked a transformative era in Indo-British administration, characterized by significant reforms in law, revenue, judiciary, police, and trade under Governor Cornwallis and his…