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What role did the lottery Committee play in the development of Calcutta? |
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Answer» SOLUTION : A. (i) In 1817, Lottery Committee was constituted to help the GOVERNMENT in carrying out the work of town PLANNING in Calcutta. (ii) It was named so, because, it raised the funds through public lotteries, because government did not provide the necessary funds for the development of town planning. B. The COMMISSION took various steps for the development of town planning which can be enumerated as follows: (i) It built roads in many PARTS of city where the Indians lived. (ii) It cleared huts to beautify the city. (iii) It also removed all the encroachment from the banks of river Hooghly. (iv) It commissioned a new map of Calcutta. |
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