How Cossipore became a part of Kolkata
Streetwise Kolkata: How Cossipore became a part of the city (msn.com) A s the city of Kolkata grew over the years, it slowly incorporated villages and towns that lay on the outskirts of what had been originally demarcated as the city’s limits in the early years after it began taking the shape of an urban settlement. Among these was Cossipore or Kashipur, before the name was anglicised. HomeLane: Designer homes ready in 45 days Ad HomeLane The neighbourhood lies just beyond north Kolkata and the Circular Canal forms its southern boundaries. Cossipore became a part of the developing metropolis of Calcutta in 1717 when the British East India Company rented 38 villages near the city from Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar. In 1758, the Company purchased 17 villages, in addition to the 38 it had previously rented, from Nawab Mir Jafar, the first dependent Nawab of Bengal. These villages were all incorporated into what formed the outer fringes of the developing city and were called ‘Dihi Panchann