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Newspaper reports
- 2,500 operatives idle: Strike in Bata’s: Directors’ effort for early settlement. (1939, January 6). Amrita Bazar Patrika, 7.
- Batanagar strike: Employers’ views: Satisfactory settlement likely soon. (1939 January 7). Amrita Bazar Patrika, 7.
- Firing on picketers: Batanagar labour strike takes a serious turn: Three receive bullet wounds: Police version of the situation: Curfew promulgated to guard against further trouble. (1939 January 10). Amrita Bazar Patrika, 9.
- Batanagar incidents: Workers union president’s statement. (1939, January 11). Amrita Bazar Patrika, 7.
- Firing at Bata’s condemned, Hazra Park meeting, accuracy of police report questioned. (1939, January 12). Amrita Bazar Patrika, 7.
- Bata factory trouble, authorities plea, boycott propaganda will affect labour. (1939, January 13). Amrita Bazar Patrika, 7.
- Batanagar strike, reply to management, Union president’s statement. (1939, January 14). Amrita Bazar Patrika, 7.
- Batanagar strike, official statement about workshop situation. (1939, January 15). Amrita Bazar Patrika, 7.
- Batanagar strike situation, Workers formulate demands, Company’s views, negotiations for settlement in progress. (1939a, January 17). Amrita Bazar Patrika, 7.
- Strike ends. (1939b, January 17). Amrita Bazar Patrika, 7. Tuesday.
- Workers victory at Batanagar, end of strike, terms of agreement explained. (1939, January 18). Amrita Bazar Patrika, 7.
- Police action justified: Batanagar firing: Govt. on magisterial enquiry. (1939, January 20). Amrita Bazar Patrika, 12.
Official archives
- Home Poll. 7/20/37, Notification by the Government of Bengal, Political Department, No. 1110-P.S., Calcutta, 1 March 1935, West Bengal State Archives, Kolkata.
- Governor’s situation report dated 19 January 1939, file IOR/L/PJ/5/144. Indian Office Records, British Library, UK.
- Governor’s situation report dated 8 March 1939, file IOR/L/PJ/5/144. Indian Office Records, British Library, UK.
- Governor’s situation report for the second half of January 1939, file IOR/L/PJ/5/144. Indian Office Records, British Library, UK.
Reports
- Report on police supervision in the riverine municipalities. (1896, January). West Bengal State Archives (WBSA), Judicial Police Branch, pp. 7–12.
- The Report of the Indian Factory Labour Commission of 1908.
- Census of India. (1911) Vol. V, Part I (Calcutta 1913).