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CHRONOLOGY IN THE INDIAN EMPIRE.
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'They (the Calcutta natives) had their own holidays, but they appreciated the English Sunday as a day of rest, and they also made it their market day.'[1] This incidental observation clearly proves how very marked is the difference between the oriental and occidental in every domain of work, thought, and daily routine.

  1. Leng, p. 36.