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

1. NCERT 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: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 5 "Print Culture and the Modern World", §Battala ¶1_