Tolly's Nullah

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Tolly's Nullah, 1908

This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Canal in the District of the Twenty-four Parganas, Bengal, forming part of the Calcutta and Eastern Canals system. It is 18 miles in length, and extends from Kidderpore to Tardaha, connect- ing the Hooghly with the Bidyadhari river. It was originally excavated in 1776 by Major Tolly as a private venture, under a temporary grant of land and of canal tolls, and was opened for navigation in 1777; it was taken over by Government in 1804. As at first excavated, the canal was of insignificant dimensions • but it has since been widened, and is now a much-frequented passage (forming part of the inner Sundarbans route), and a source of considerable revenue to Govern- ment. The original course of the Hooghly was identical with the present Tolly's Nullah as far as Gariya, 8 miles south of Calcutta, and this part of the canal is still called Adi Ganga, or the ' original ' Ganges.