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Colonel William Tolly (1715-1784) was an officer of British East India Company, who later settled down in Calcutta, who is noted for building Tolly's Nullah. ==Life-sketch== He served as officer of British East India Company and retired as a Colonel. He settled down near Calcutta and decided to dug out old channel of Adi Ganga ( a branch of Hugli) at his own cost to make it navigable for ships. This canal ''( nullah )'' was dug out by him in years 1775-76 became operational in 1777 and came to be known as Tolly's Nullah. He de-silted, deepened and opened this old channel as a water way connecting the Calcutta Port to the rivers of the eastern Bengal such as Bidyadhari and Matla making it a part of Calcutta and Eastern Canals, extending over a length of 1,127 miles, of which 47 miles was length of Tolly's Nullah. Thus making the hinterland of Districts of Bengal and Eastern Bengal and Assam connect with Port of Calcutta.〔(Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 9, p. 287. )〕 He was given the lease of the canal and some adjacent lands along with the right to collect the toll from the ships using this canal by the Company. He also built a market (''Ganj''), which came to be known as Tollygunj.〔(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,〕〔(Settlements along Tolly's Nullah )〕 He also purchased Belevedre area of Calcutta from Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1780 and built his mansion there.〔 He is sometimes referred to as the Ferdinand de Lesseps of Calcutta. He died in 1784.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Tolly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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