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10 October 1885

First Recorded Urban Land Auction in Melbourne

First Recorded Urban Land Auction in Melbourne

On October 10, 1885, Melbourne witnessed one of the most significant property events in its urban history when the city hosted its first large scale public land auction in the growing suburbs south of the Yarra River. At that time, Melbourne was experiencing a remarkable economic and population boom driven by gold rush prosperity, migration, and industrial growth.

The auction was organized by the Melbourne Land Syndicate and introduced a new and transparent method of urban lot valuation and public bidding that would soon become a model for real estate transactions across Australia. More than two hundred allotments were offered in what are now known as South Melbourne and St Kilda Road Precinct, accompanied by detailed maps, street layouts, drainage plans, and access routes. Such documentation was revolutionary for its era.

By the end of the day, nearly every parcel of land had been sold, generating record revenues for both the colonial administration and private developers. The event set pricing precedents that shaped land valuation practices, speculative trends, and the legal framework for property ownership across the Australian colonies.

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Victorian Government Gazette, 1885 Melbourne Land Syndicate Records National Library of Australia, Colonial Land Auctions and City Development
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10 October 1924

Early Cooperative Housing Model in Calcutta

Early Cooperative Housing Model in Calcutta

On October 10, 1924, the Registrar of Co-operative Societies in the Bengal Presidency recorded one of the earliest applications for a Residential Cooperative Housing Society in Calcutta, now Kolkata. This marked a turning point in South Asia’s urban development when the cooperative principle, previously used for credit and agriculture, was extended to land and housing.

The initiative aimed to provide middle class professionals an opportunity to collectively purchase land, plan neighborhoods, and establish community governance over property. This was a radical idea in British India’s urban framework, which was dominated by private landlords and colonial municipal control.

By the mid 1920s, these early societies around Bhowanipore and Ballygunge evolved into organized suburban enclaves, directly influencing later cooperative experiments such as Model Town Lahore (1921 to 1925) and Santacruz Cooperative Housing in Bombay (1927).

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Bengal Presidency Cooperative Societies Department (1924 Register) Calcutta Improvement Trust Reports, 1923 to 1927
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10 October 2013

Implementation of India’s Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (LARR)

Implementation of India’s Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (LARR)

In October 2013, India began the active implementation of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (LARR) 2013, one of the most transformative land governance reforms in South Asia. Although the Act had been passed in September, by early October the federal government had issued operational frameworks for states to establish valuation committees, compensation formulas, and social impact assessment mechanisms.

This new law replaced the colonial era Land Acquisition Act of 1894, which had been widely criticized for enabling forced acquisitions and inadequate compensation. The 2013 Act sought to balance development needs with social justice by ensuring that landowners and displaced families received fair market value, resettlement benefits, and long term livelihood support.

The Act introduced landmark provisions requiring public consent, social audits, environmental clearances, and rehabilitation planning before land could be acquired for industrial or infrastructure projects. By October 2013, pilot implementations had started in several states including Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Punjab, each developing local guidelines for valuation and grievance redressal.

This period marked the beginning of a major shift in India’s property governance structure, as state level bureaucracies and district land offices began aligning their procedures with the new national law. The reform not only redefined the process of acquisition but also established a new social contract between the state, investors, and communities.

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Government of India, Ministry of Rural Development (LARR Implementation Reports 2013) Press Information Bureau, October 2013 The Economic Times, Land Bill Rollout in States World Bank, Reforming Land Acquisition in South Asia
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