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Kanpur To Kolkata Indian Cover Address Puzzle

 
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Posted 05/31/2021   01:35 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Joy Daschaudhuri to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Today accidentally I happen to see this thread, which unfortunately is now locked.

https://www.stampcommunity.org/topi...&whichpage=1

Since the original question was not answered, I am starting a new thread.

rod222

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In the address, there is " Hide Aruthdar"
anybody have an idea on any significance?

Thanks.






The address shows Anglicized version of the Farsi word Aratdar which means stockpiler and/or warehouse owner.
Arat means storage or warehouse, mostly used for agricultural products and fishes and Dar means possessor.

Hide Aratdar is a person who keeps huge stock of raw leather.

Secondly, the word Kothi in this context actually means warehouse.

The address is Kolutola which is a business district in central Kolkata.
The name Kolutola is a combination of two Bangla words, Kolu which means oil-presser and Tola meaning locality/area.

Incidentally, Kolutola is close to the area called Tangra which was/is the hub of tanneries.

Another point is that the sender of both covers is from Kanpur which is called the "Leather Capital of India".

Also, leather processing industry in India was/is the monopoly of the Muslims and both the sender and the recipient of these two covers, were evidently involved in leather business.
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Wonderful, Joy. Thank you.
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