: How an 1822 publication by the Calcutta School Book Society brought animal biographies to students #IndiaNEWS Amidst the pomp and heraldry surrounding the bicentenary of Kolkata’s Presidency/Hindu

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How an 1822 publication by the Calcutta School Book Society brought animal biographies to students #IndiaNEWS
Amidst the pomp and heraldry surrounding the bicentenary of Kolkata’s Presidency/Hindu College in 2017, the bicentenary of the Calcutta School Book Society has gone virtually unnoticed. At a time when Baptist missionaries were setting up an English schools system in Bengal’s Hooghly district, a need was felt for textbooks that could be used in the new classrooms.The Calcutta School Book Society was set up in direct response to this need in 1817 but with one crucial difference from the missionary curricula: it would be “no part of its design…to furnish religious bookp??[??????H?[?]H???????????Y]H????YH[????X?[?YY???K??H????]??[?[?H????&[?[X[?[??x?&T?YX?X?KH?[?]H???????????Y]x?&????X?X?][????H[?H?Y[??]Y]X??[??H[?????^K??]?[]?X?H??X?[????H[??[??Y?[????H??Y?]Y??X?[H?[?[X[?[??H]X?]Y[?N???XX??[X????[?HH?[H??[YH?[?[?[X[???Y?H[?[??][??H?ZY[?[X[????[??[??[X??X?K?]H???Y]??[??]Y????[??[??[K[?Y][??[??Y[X[??[Y?Y[?X??Y?H?^YX??Y??[?NM??H????[XZ?????YYZ??YH[??[?]H]][YH??[????X?H[X[?X??[H?????]????XY[?H

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