In the late 19th century, the Battala area of Calcutta became famous f…

Question

In the late 19th century, the Battala area of Calcutta became famous for printing:

Accepted Answer

A. Cheap popular Bengali books and almanacs

1. syllabus discusses Battala publishing.
2. Battala in Calcutta — known for its cheap presses — produced popular Bengali tracts, almanacs, religious books, romances and song books from the 1840s onwards.
3. These reached a wide reading public including women and the urban poor.
_Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 5 "Print Culture and the Modern World", §Battala ¶1_

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Government gazettes

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Imported British novels (typical)

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Court documents

In the late 19th century, the Battala area of Calcutta became famous for printing:

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