Stuart Saunders Hogg
Sir Stuart Saunders Hogg CIE (17 February 1833 – 23 March 1921) was a British civil servant in the Indian Civil Services of British India.
Early life
[edit]He was born in 1833 in Delhi to Sir James Hogg, formerly a director of the British East India Company and the Registrar of the Calcutta High Court.
Career
[edit]In 1853, aged 20, Hogg came to India and entered the Indian Civil Services. He became the District Magistrate of Burdwan.[1] During the Sepoy Mutiny, he was posted in the Punjab. Later, he joined the Bengal government as the Police Commissioner of Calcutta where he established the Detective Department.[2] From 1863 to 1877 he was the Chairman of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation. In 1875, he was knighted.[3]
Legacy
[edit]The New Market, Kolkata, an upscale market that he founded, was named Sir Stuart Hogg Market in 1903 in his honour. It is still (often) referred to as Hogg Market.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Bharat, E. T. V. (20 August 2022). "Curious case of Stuart Hogg, the Calcutta Police Commissioner who arrested himself". ETV Bharat News. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ Bharat, E. T. V. (18 November 2022). "Lalbazar Detective Department: 1868 সালে লালবাজারের থেকেই দেশ শিখেছিল গোয়েন্দাগিরি". ETV Bharat News (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ Rao, C. Hayavadana, ed. (1915). . . Vol. 9.4. Madras: Pillar & Co. pp. 186–187.
- ^ New Market at Kolkata — The Shopping Mall that Stood the Test of Times Archived 27 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine nkrealtors.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021
- ^ Nag, Ashoke (17 September 2005). "130 years young: Kolkata's Raj insignia is still 'New". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.