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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Bhattacharya, Debraj |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Kolkata `Underworld' in the early 20th century |
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2004 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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p.4276-282. |
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18 Sep |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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In the course of the 19th century, Kolkata had acquired a distinctly cosmopolitan `underworld'. By the end of the century, new forms of urban disturbances had emerged in the city in the form of riots. This saw the emergence of the professional hoodlum or the `goonda' as a manufacturer of violence in the city. At first they were largley `upcountry' labourers, but in the course of time there was a wide variety of goondas in terms of origin and social background. By 1923, the Goondas Act had been promulgated ostensibly with the aim of controlling such hoodlums engaged in a range of `criminal' acts, as defined by the colonial legislation. - Reproduced. |
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Crime - India - West Bengal |
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Crime |
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Economic and Political Weekly |
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