Hoogly

September 29th, 2009 HOOGLY - Angry mob in West Bengal's Hoogly district on Tuesday burnt down two buses after a woman was crushed to death by a speeding bus.

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About one hundred miles above the mouth of the Hoogly is the city of

Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. Dr. John Scudder

At the mouth of the river Hoogly, which is one of the branches of the

Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. Dr. John Scudder

[Footnote 79: The western branch of the Ganges is now called the Hoogly

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

I saw the fort that Clive built; and the place where Warren Hastings and the author of the Junius Letters fought their duel; and the great botanical gardens; and the fashionable afternoon turnout in the Maidan; and a grand review of the garrison in a great plain at sunrise; and a military tournament in which great bodies of native soldiery exhibited the perfection of their drill at all arms, a spectacular and beautiful show occupying several nights and closing with the mimic storming of a native fort which was as good as the reality for thrilling and accurate detail, and better than the reality for security and comfort; we had a pleasure excursion on the 'Hoogly' by courtesy of friends, and devoted the rest of the time to social life and the Indian museum.

Following the Equator Mark Twain 1872

I saw the fort that Clive built; and the place where Warren Hastings and the author of the Junius Letters fought their duel; and the great botanical gardens; and the fashionable afternoon turnout in the Maidan; and a grand review of the garrison in a great plain at sunrise; and a military tournament in which great bodies of native soldiery exhibited the perfection of their drill at all arms, a spectacular and beautiful show occupying several nights and closing with the mimic storming of a native fort which was as good as the reality for thrilling and accurate detail, and better than the reality for security and comfort; we had a pleasure excursion on the 'Hoogly' by courtesy of friends, and devoted the rest of the time to social life and the Indian museum.

Following the Equator, Part 6 Mark Twain 1872

Similarly in another report Ganashati, 6th October 05 on Hoogly dist. eulogizes the bond between the police and the common people ….

A Maoist critique of the CPI(Marxist) Abhay N 2007

In Midnapore, Bankura and Hoogly districts we fought with the TMC and the BJP bitterly.

A Maoist critique of the CPI(Marxist) Abhay N 2007

We will proudly say that the advancement of the communal force was resisted and defeated by us in Midnapore, Bankura and Hoogly.

A Maoist critique of the CPI(Marxist) Abhay N 2007

He who had once negotiated with the nawab of Bengal to build a trading station on the banks of the Hoogly and traded horses and sugar in Persia and on the Malay archipelago; he who lost cargoes and gambled on trades now was building fifty Anglican churches.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005