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{{Infobox Historic building
| name = Mallick Bari
| native_name = মল্লিক বাড়ি
| image = Durga Puja Dalan at Mallick Bari, Midnapore.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Durga Puja Dalan at Mallick Bari
| location = [[Midnapore]]
| coordinates = {{coord|22.225|87.195|display=inline,title}}
}}
[[File:Chowdhuri Satish Chandra Kar Bahadur, last Zamindar of the Mallick Bari Estate.jpg|thumb|Chowdhuri Satish Chandra Kar Bahadur, the last Estate Zamindar.]]
[[File:Chowdhuri Zamindar Janmenjay Mallick Bahadur.jpg|thumb|320x320px|Chowdhuri Janmenjay Mallick Bahadur, one of the most prominent of the Estate Zamindars]]
The '''Mallick Bari''' is an erstwhile [[Zamindar]]i [[palace]] or [[Wiktionary:rajbari|rajbari]] located in the district of [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. At present, the rajbari is one of Midnapore's most prominent heritage sites. Constructions commenced under Midnapore's then Zamindar Janmenjay Mallick,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=এবারেও নজর কাড়বে মেদিনীপুরের মল্লিক বাড়ির পুজো |url=https://bengali.hindusthansamachar.in/Encyc/2022/9/3/-Puja-of-Mallik-s-house-in-Medinipur-will-attract-attention.php |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=bengali.hindusthansamachar.in |language=en}}</ref> several hundred years ago. In 1922, estate administration was taken over by the [[Court of Wards (India)|Court of Wards]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1923 |title=Report on the Administration of the Wards Attached and Trust Estates in the Presidency of Bengal for the Year 1329 B.S. (1922-23) |url=https://southasiacommons.net/artifacts/2355080/report-on-the-administration-of-the-wards-attached-and-trust-estates-in-the-presidency-of-bengal-for-the-year-1329-bs/3310731/ |language=en}}</ref> [[Swapan Dasgupta]] has suggested that the estate's extent included areas of modern day [[Kharagpur]], Debra, [[Moyna (community development block)|Moyna]], [[Daspur]], [[Midnapore|Midnapur]], Narsingarh, Bhagwanpur, Patashpur, [[Dantan]] and [[Binpur]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Das Gupta |first=Swapan |title=LOCAL POLITICS IN BENGAL: MIDNAPUR DISTRICT 1907-1934 |url=https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/34081/1/11015890.pdf |website=SOAS EPrints}}</ref>

== History ==
{{Bengal Zamindars series}}
Mallick Bari palace was the official residence of the Zamindars of [[Midnapore]], among whom [[Zamindar|Chowdhury Zamindar]] Jamini Nath Mallick<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chowdhury Jamini Nath Mallik v. Midnapur Zemindary Co. {{!}} Calcutta High Court {{!}} Judgment {{!}} Law {{!}} CaseMine |url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56e0f22b607dba38965fb180 |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.casemine.com |language=en}}</ref> was the most prominent. It is after the titular surname of the dynastic aristocrats and the palace that the location has been named Mallick Chowk.<ref name=":0" /> Among the notable aspects is the family's historic Durga Puja, started almost three centuries back, to avert the [[Maratha invasions of Bengal|Maratha invasion of Bengal]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Durga Puja : 350 বছর আগে বর্গীদের আক্রমণ থেকে বাঁচতে পুজোর শুরু মেদিনীপুরের মল্লিকবাড়িতে |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/bengali/west-bengal/state/paschim-medinipur/350-year-old-durga-puja-at-midnapore-mallick-bari/wb20211010224521333 |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=ETV Bharat News|language=bn}}</ref> under the command of [[Raghoji I Bhonsle|Raghuji Bhonsale]], later King of Nagpur in today's [[Maharashtra]]. Among the traditions are the practices of firing a cannon at the commencement of the [[Durga Ashtami|Sandhi Puja]]<ref name=":1" /> to notify the other publicly organised pujas and pandals in the vicinity and [[Kavigan|Kobi-Ganer Lorai]], a form of Bengali folk performance that entailed a verbal duel among opponent poets,<ref name=":0" /> patronised by former aristocrats in the [[Bengal]] region. Apart from the familial Durga Puja, Jamini Mallick also patronised Chandi Puja in today's [[Purba Medinipur district|East Midnapore]] region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-08 |title=জমিদার থেকে গ্রামবাসী, হাত বদল হলেও জৌলুস কমেনি ময়না নতুন পুকুর চণ্ডীপুজোর |url=https://bengali.news18.com/news/local-18/purba-medinipur-notun-pukur-chandi-pujo-of-moyna-778464.html |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=News18 Bengali |language=bn}}</ref>

== Independence Movement ==
Active in the political sphere, in 1865, Chowdhuri [[Babu (title)|Babu]] Janmenjay Mallick [[Raja Bahadur|Bahadur]], along with other prominent individuals like Babu [[Rajnarayan Basu]], Prasanna Chandra Bandyopadhyay and [[Mawlawi (Islamic title)|Maulavi]] Khairat Ali, founded the Midnapore Municipality, under the aegis of then [[District magistrate|District Magistrate and Collector]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=ভৌমিক |first=অরিন্দম |title=Medinipur {{!}} WB Municipal Election 2022: মেদিনীপুরে হেরিটেজ তালিকায় রয়েছে অনেক কিছু, বাদ পড়েছে শুধু ইতিহাসের সাক্ষী পুরভবন |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/midnapore/brief-history-of-the-establishment-of-medinipur-dgtld/cid/1330330 |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=www.anandabazar.com |language=bn}}</ref> Jamini Nath Mallick, later Zamindar and one of the district's wealthiest individuals,<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Das |first=Basantakumar |title=Swadhinata Sangrame Medinipur Vol. 1 |year=1980 |pages=233–369}}</ref> was also reprimanded by the colonial government for his association with revolutionaries and funding several movements.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mukhopadhyaya |first=Yadugopala |title=বিপ্লবী জীবনের স্মৃতি |publisher=Ayakademika |year=1982 |pages=78}}</ref> He was convicted, along with Raja Narendralal Khan<ref>{{Cite book |last=De |first=Amalendu |title=Raja Subodh Chandra Mallik and His Times |publisher=National Council of Education, Bengal |year=1996 |pages=150}}</ref> of the [[Narajole Raj]] Estate, in the Midnapore Bomb Conspiracy Case<ref>{{Cite web |title=Result of the Proceedings Instituted in the Mindapore Bomb Conspiracy Case Institution of a Departmental Enquiry into the Inception and Conduct of the Midnapore Bomb Conspiracy Case |url=http://indianculture.gov.in/archives/result-proceedings-instituted-mindapore-bomb-conspiracy-case-institution-departmental-0 |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=INDIAN CULTURE |language=en}}</ref> in 1911.<ref name=":2" /> In the case that followed, Jamini Mallick was defended by the barrister Byomkesh Chakraborty while the government prosecution was led by the Lord [[Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mukherjee |first=Amitabha |title=Militant Nationalism in India, 1876-1947 |publisher=Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta |year=1959 |pages=76 |language=English}}</ref>

Over the years, the family built long-standing ties with the [[Anushilan Samiti]] and [[Jugantar|Jugantar Dal]]. In December, 1907, [[Khudiram Bose]], [[Barindra Kumar Ghosh]], and [[Satyendranath Basu]] stayed at the rajbari and Chaudhuri Jamini Mallick played a key role in the unsuccessful wrecking attempt on the Lieutenant Governor [[Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser]]'s train near [[Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Patel |first=Hitendra |title=Khudiram Bose: Revolutionary Extraordinaire |publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |year=2008}}</ref>
== Architecture ==
Among the notable architectural standards are the palace, built in the [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] style, and the [[Durga Puja|Durga Dalan]], constructed in the [[Do-chala|Do-Chala]] pattern of the [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnavite]] temples of [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]]. Apart from these, there are twelve [[Shaivism|Shaivite]] temples dedicated to the [[Hindus|Hindu]] God [[Shiva]] at Shibbajar, a Rasmancha, site of the famed [[Shakta Rash|Ras Purnima celebrations]] of the palace, and a few water bodies and canals constructed by Janmenjay Mallick.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Midnapore.in-Royal Families of Midnapore |url=https://www.midnapore.in/royal_families_mallikbag.html |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=www.midnapore.in}}</ref> In 1878, one of the district's first [[Theatre|theatrical]] performances was held at the ''Natmandir,'' constructed in the [[at-chala]] style of temple architecture, within the palatial quarters. This was also for the first time that the foot-light technique had come to be used in dramatics.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Bhowmik |first=Arindam |title=মেদিনীপুর: নাটকের ইতিবৃত্ত {{!}} Medinipur: History of Drama |url=https://www.midnapore.in/article/drama-play-natok-in-medinipur1.html |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=www.midnapore.in |language=bn}}</ref> Among the most prominent personalities who advocated for and regularly patronised dramatics were [[Chowdhury|Chowdhuri]] Kumar Joggeshwar Mallick and [[Chowdhury|Chowdhuri]] [[Kumar]] Jogendranath Mallick, brothers of [[Chowdhury|Chowdhuri]] Zamindar Jamini Mallick Bahadur. Two of the first dramatic performances - ‘Ramabhishek’ and ‘Pravabati’, were organised by their theatrical association, which also included several [[Magistrate|Magistrates]] and [[Zamindars of Bengal|Zamindari Rajas]], and was patronised by [[Sir]] [[Nilratan Sircar]].<ref name=":4" />

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Radhakanta Temple and the Durga Dalan at the Estate Palace.jpg|Radhakanta Temple and Durga Dalan at the Estate Palace, Midnapore
File:Rupeshwara Temple, Kharagpur.jpg|Rupeshwara Temple in Kharagpur, family temple of the Zamindars, built in Kalinga Style of Architecture
File:Front Facade of the Mallick Bari Palace.jpg|Front Facade of the Mallick Bari Palace, with four of the twelve Shaivite shrines visible
</gallery>

== References ==
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{{Nobility of the Raj}}
{{Bengal Nobility|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Palaces in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in India]]
[[Category:Bengali zamindars]]

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