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JOB CHARNOCK (d. 1693)
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See also:JOB See also:CHARNOCK (d. 1693) , See also:English founder of See also:Calcutta, went out to See also:India in 1655 or 1656, apparently not in the See also:East India See also:Company's service, but soon joined it . He was stationed at See also:Cossimbazar, and subsequently at See also:Patna . In 1685 he became See also:chief See also:agent at See also:Hugli . Being besieged there by the See also:Mogul See also:viceroy of See also:Bengal, he put the company's goods and servants on See also:board his See also:light vessels and dropped down the See also:river 27 M. to the See also:village of Sutanati, a See also:place well chosen for the purpose of See also:defence, which occupied the site of what is now Calcutta . It was only, however, at the third See also:attempt that See also:Charnock finally settled down at this spot, and the selection of the future See also:capital of India was entirely due to his stubborn See also:resolution . He was a silent morose See also:man, not popular among his contemporaries, but "always a faithfull Man to the Company." He is said to have married a See also:Hindu widow . |
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Additional information and Comments
This is to inform all that the fact Job Charnock founded the city of Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1690 is baseless and distorted history. On 16th may, 2003 the Hon’ble Kolkata High Court has dismissed the name of Charnock as the city’s founder and 24Th august 1690 as its birthday. This landmark verdict came after we on behalf of the Sabarna Roy Choudhury Paribar Parishad and nine other intellectuals of the city filed a public interest litigation. The verdict was based upon the findings of an expert committee report headed by the famous historian late Sri Nemai Sadhan Basu.
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