Show BUNGALOW IS EAST INDIAN word in common use now had its origin in that country many centuries ago the east indian dialects which aro are responsible for such wordy as iti nuck nuch assassin opa jama and it a number of others are also responsible for the introduction tro tio of tile the word bungalow into english though like its half brothers bro theis tills this word litis has been slightly maltreated mal treated in its adaptation in el EJI llota history of indin indians as told by its own historians appears the following quotation under the date of 1033 under the rule of tile bengalis Ben galis a party of frank merchants inhabitants of came trading 1 into Sitt gaw one kos above ahat hat ill aliey ey occupied some ground on the banks of an estuary under the pretext that a building was necessary for their transactions in buying and selling they creat ed several houses in the bengall style apparently tills this quotation gives little littie clew to the origin of the word bungalow but 40 years litter later one finds in masters diary it was thought fit to set up be bengal cs or mail camall kiouses for nil such english in the companas comp anys service as belong to their sloops and vessels |