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The current work dwells upon the contemporary British period first hand information on the erstwhile Birbhum District. Birbhum District lying north of Burdwan was a highly rich region in mineral wealth. This work was first written in 1910.This volume enriches us with the official records and provides a wealth of material on all aspects of the contemporary Birbhum District. This also provides detailed information about the people, agriculture, natural calamities, rents, wages, mines, manufacturing, trade, and means of communication. This book is gold-mine encompassing all aspects of the contemporary Social, Political, Economic, Historical, and Administrative aspects of the minerally rich Birbhum district during the British Raj during the first decade of nineteenth century. The present updated version also contains vital information on the erstwhile local self Government, Revenue General administration and the government machinery. This reprint provides an excellent reference tool to researchers, readers, and all users in all disciplines. We are sure the present book will prove to be very handy and informative for all our valuable readers.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 Indi