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TWELVE TABLES , the tables of See also:

wood on which was engraved or painted the earliest codification of the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

law. Originally ten in number, two others were afterwards added, containing supplemental See also:

MATTER

matter, and the whole See also:

CODE (Lat. codex)

code was termed the Lex XII. Tabularum (Law of the Twelve Tables). (See ROMAN LAW and See also:

ROME.) TWENTY-FOUR PARGANAS, THE, a See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the See also:

PRESIDENCY

presidency See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

Bengal, with an See also:

AREA

area of 4844 sq. m. It occupies See also:

PART

part of the Gangetic See also:

DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta, See also:

east of the See also:

HUGLI, or HOOGHLY

Hugli, surrounding (but not including) the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

CALCUTTA

Calcutta. It also includes the greater part of the almost uninhabited See also:

SUNDARBANS, or SUNDEBBUNDS

Sundarbans (q.v.). The administrative headquarters are at See also:

ALIPUR

Alipur, a See also:

SOUTHERN

southern suburb of Calcutta. The See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country consists for the most part of a vast alluvial See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, and is everywhere watered by numerous branches of the See also:

GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges. In 1901 the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 2,078,359, showing an increase of lo % in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. See also:

Rice is the See also:

STAPLE

staple See also:

CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop, followed by jute, pulses and See also:

SUGAR

sugar-See also:

CANE

cane. The district is traversed by three See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, two of which terminate at the ports of See also:

DIAMOND

Diamond See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

Harbour and See also:

PORT

Port See also:

Canning, but numerous See also:

RIVER

river channels are still the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief means of communication. Apart from the suburbs of Calcutta, there is hardly a single real ,See also:

TOWN

But See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round Calcutta all the manufactures of a See also:

GREAT

great city are to be found, principally jute See also:

mills and jute presses, See also:

cotton mills and See also:

paper mills, and also See also:

government factories for rifles and See also:

AMMUNITION

ammunition. The Twenty-four Parganas See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of which the zamindari or landlord rights were granted to the East India See also:

COMPANY

Company after the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

PLASSEY (Palasi)

Plassey, while the See also:

revenue arising therefrom was conferred upon See also:

Clive, upon whose See also:

DEATH

death it reverted to the company.

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