Table of Contents
Introduction I. Early History, 1765-1816 II. Establishment of the Sundarban Commission and Preliminary Operations, 1816-1821 III. Completion of the Operation in the 24-Parganas, 1821-1828 IV. Final Determination of the Right of the State to the Sundarbans, 1827-1828 V. Definition of the Boundary of the Sundarban Forest, 1828-1833 VI. Jurisdiction and Summary of Operations, 1828-1836 VII. Resumptions, 1828-1836 VIII. Grant Rules of 1830, and Grants of Forest Lands, 1829-1836 IX. Settlement of Resumed and Other Lands, 1828-1836 X. Resumptions and Collateral Inquiries, 1834-1844 XI. Settlements, 1836-1844 XII. Forest Grants, Grant Rules, and Boundary Difficulties, 1836-1844 XIII. Abolition and Re-Establishment of the Sundarban Commission, 1844-1846 XIV. Inquiries, Surveys, Resumptions and Settlements in Connection with Lots 216-230, 1844-1857 XV. Settlements and Rights of Settlement, 1844-1857 XVI. Forest Grants, 1844-1853 XVII. Resurvey and Adjustment of the Sundarban Boundary in the 24-Parganas, 1844-1856 XVIII. Resumptions, Inquiries, Jurisdiction, etc., 1844-1857 XIX. Revised Sundarban Grant Rules of 24th September 1853 XX. Sundarban Grants and the Rules of 1853,1853-1862 XXI. Resumed Mahalls and the Rules of 1853, 1853-1862 XXII. Jurisdiction, Settlements, and Rights of Settlement, 1854-1868 XXIII. Revenue and Other Surveys, Boundary Decisions, and Resumptions, 1852-1870 XXIV. Schemes of Sundarban Improvement, and Miscellaneous Matters, 1853-1868 XXV. Rules for the Sale of Waste Lands Free of Land Revenue, and for the Redemption of Land Revenue,1858-1870 XXVI. History of Saugor Island, 1811-1877