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- ↑ Tollygunge is a district that is named after Major William Tolly, who was granted the license to collect toll from passing boats as well as build a gunge (or market) along the banks of Tolly's Nullah (Valley).
- ↑ Calcutta, 1481-1981: Marshes to Metropolis by Biren Roy - 1982 - Page 40,
- ↑ Skempton, A. W.; Chrimes, Mike (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland ... edited by A. W. Skempton. p. 761. ISBN 9780727729392.
- ↑ Settlements along Tolly's Nullah
