Bengal District Gazetteers: Gaya Volume 20th

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, some pages are missing and may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text. The volume has been prepared with the great assistance from Mr. C. E. A. W. Oldham, I.C.S., Director of Agriculture, Bengal and formerly, Collector of Gaya. He placed a collection of papers relating to Gaya at the authorХs disposal, revised his proofs, and gave him many invaluable suggestions. The gazetteer is divided into several chapters, which provide an interesting account of the district named Gaya. It states that the district is divided into two distinct parts with different physical features.The author has given considerable space in the volume to its physical aspects, history, popular religion, people, public health, agriculture, irrigation and natural calamities. The volume also tells about the various systems of rent payment prevailing in the region during that time. It describes the policies relating to rent, wages and prices. The book informs about the general administration, land revenue administration, local selfgovernment and the education system of the district, along with its progress. Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley was born on 23 October 1874 at Flitcham, Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk, England. He was the son of BryanO'Malley, a minister. He married Ida Sewell Prichard on 24 November 1900 at The Cathedral, Calcutta, India. He died in 1941 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Lewis was the British Civil Servant in India. He was educated in Norwich and Hertford College, Oxford (B. A.). In 1898, he entered I.C.S. He worked as Magistrate and Collector in Bengal for quite a few years. Later, he served in General and Revenue Department in Bengal as a civil servant. He got retired in 1924 as C.I.E. During his lifetime, he published several books, such as Bengal District Gazetteers, Santal Parganas,andPurnea. He was the editor of the whole series. He also wrote Indian Caste Customs in 1934, Popular Hinduism in 1935, and Modern India and the West in 1941. The Title 'Bengal District Gazetteers: Gaya written/authored/edited by L. S. S. O'Malley', published in the year 2019. The ISBN 9788121218474 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 270 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Reference. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol: 20th