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. 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. 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.
- ^ "The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Hogg, Sir Stuart Saunders - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ New Market at Kolkata — The Shopping Mall that Stood the Test of Times nkrealtors.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021
- ^ Nag, Ashoke (17 September 2005). "130 years young: Kolkata's Raj insignia is still 'New". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 June 2016.