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'''Pathuriaghata''' is a neighbourhood of [[North Kolkata]] in [[Kolkata district]], in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is one of the oldest residential areas in what was [[Sutanuti]]. Once the abode of the [[Bengali people|Bengali]] rich, the neighbourhood and its surrounding areas are now dominated by [[Marwaris]]. Even in the 21st century the area is replete with [[colonnade]]d mansions.

==The Tagores==
Amongst the oldest and most renowned residents of the neighbourhood were the [[Tagore family|Tagores]]. Joyram Tagore, who amassed a large fortune as a merchant and as Dewan to the French government at [[Chandannagar]], shifted from [[Gobindapur, Kolkata|Gobindapur]] to Pathuriaghata, when the British constructed new [[Fort William, India|Fort William]] in the mid-eighteenth century. There is a road named after his son, [[Darpanarayan Tagore]] (1731-1793), considered by many as the founder of the Tagore family. It is between Maharshi Debendra Road and Jadulal Mullick Road in Ward 21 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. That is just off Pathuriaghata, but under [[Jorabagan]] police station.<ref>[[H.E.A.Cotton|Cotton, H.E.A.]], ''Calcutta Old and New'', 1909/1980, p. 293, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.</ref><ref>Map no. 13, Detail Maps of 141 Wards of Kolkata, D.R.Publication and Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata – 700073</ref> The Tagore family established themselves at Pathuriaghata, [[Jorasanko]], Kailahata and Chorbagan, all neighbourhoods in north Kolkata.<ref>Deb, Chitra, ''Jorasanko and the Thakur Family'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p 65, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-563696-1}}</ref>

The more prominent amongst those who stayed in Pathuriaghata were [[Hara Kumar Tagore]] (1798-1858), [[Prasanna Coomar Tagore|Prasanna Kumar Tagore]] (1801-1886), [[Jatindramohan Tagore]] (1831 – 1908) and [[Prodyot Coomar Tagore]] (1873 - 1942). Prasanna Kumar Tagore built a huge mansion in Naptehata and named it ‘Palace’. People used to call it ‘Tagore Palace’. What was once Naptehata is now Prasanna Kumar Tagore Street. ‘Tagore Palace’ occupies house numbers 13, 13A and 13 B of this street. The more prominent house is ‘Tagore Castle’ at 26 Prasanna Kumar Tagore Street. Jatindramohan Tagore had made a departure in the way of building residences in India. He modelled the building on that of an English castle. It even had a {{convert|100|ft|m}} high centre tower in the fashion of [[Windsor Castle]] in England. There was a clock imported from England, reminiscent of [[Big Ben]]. He even had permission to fly the [[Union Jack]]. In 1954, S.B. House and Land Pvt. Ltd. of [[Haridas Mundhra]] took over the building and has altered most of it to beyond recognition.<ref>Bandopadhyay, Debashis, ''Bonedi Kolkatar Gharbari'', {{in lang|bn}}, Second impression 2002, pp. 113-6, Ananda Publishers, {{ISBN|81-7756-158-8}}</ref> Currently Kunj Bihari Aggarwal is the resident.
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===Banga Natyalaya===
‘Tagore Castle’ had an auditorium and the Tagores patronised Banga Natyalay, from 1859 to 1872. It was started by Jatindra Mohan Tagore and his brother Shourendra Mohan Tagore, both ardent theatre enthusiasts. The first play staged here was [[Kālidāsa|Kalidas’]] ''[[Mālavikāgnimitram]]'' in [[Sanskrit]], in July 1859.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mukhopadhyay |first=Ganesh |year=2012 |chapter=Theatre Stage |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Theatre_Stage |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

===Sambad Prabhakar===
Jogendra Mohan Tagore of Pathuriaghata, helped [[Ishwar Chandra Gupta]] to publish ''[[Sambad Prabhakar]]'', first as a weekly from 28 January 1831. After passing through vicissitudes, it became a daily and played an important role in forming modern Bengali society.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kahaly |first=Anirudha |year=2012 |chapter=Gupta, Ishwar Chandra |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Gupta,_Ishwar_Chandra |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

==The Mullick family==
Next to the turrets of Tagore Castle on Prasanna Kumar Tagore Street is the house of the Mullick family topped by classical statuary. Three large structures have already come up next to these, one of them is the Burrabazar branch of Metropolitan School, established in 1887.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070408/asp/calcutta/story_7578552.asp
|title = ''Character Assassination'' | access-date = 2007-07-15 | last = Das | first = Soumitra | publisher = The Telegraph, 8 April 2007}}</ref> Jadulal Mullick (1844-1894) had numerous contributions in social and law spheres. At one time he donated enormously to the [[Oriental Seminary]] from where he had passed Entrance, school-leaving examination.<ref>Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), 1976/1998, ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, {{in lang|bn}}, p. 437, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}</ref> Jadulal Mullick has a road named after him in the area. His son, Manmathanath Mullick, bought a pair of [[zebra]]s from [[Alipore Zoological Gardens]] to pull his carriage through the streets of Kolkata. He had nine types of carriages and a stable full of horses. One of the grandsons of Jadulal Mullick, Prodyunno Kumar Mullick had 35 cars, out of which 10 were [[Rolls-Royce (car)|Rolls Royce]]. The Mullicks have contributed enormously for charitable purposes.<ref>Bandopadhyay, Debashis, pp. 19-21, Ananda Publishers, {{ISBN|81-7756-158-8}}</ref> The courtyard of Jadulal Mullick's house has intricate cast iron works, one of the finest in Kolkata.

==The Ghosh family==
The Ghosh family came to Pathuriaghata from [[Keshpur]] at the time of [[Warren Hastings]]. It is said that Warren Hastings and his wife visited the Ghosh family.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.clayimage.co.uk/3Nov.html | title = Clay Images of West Bengal | access-date = 2007-07-15 | work = Calcutta Notes | publisher = clayimage.co.uk | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070703071600/http://www.clayimage.co.uk/3Nov.html | archive-date = 2007-07-03 }}</ref> Khelat Chandra Ghosh (1829-1878), grandson of Hasting’s banyan (clerk) Ramlochan Ghosh, moved out of the old family house at 46 Pathuriaghata Street to a new house at 47 Pathuriaghata Street. The family made a substantial contribution in music and charity. There is a lane named after him in Ward No. 24 (not shown in the map alongside). The lineage at 47 Pathuriaghata Street was Babu Khelat Ghosh, Babu Romanath Ghosh, Babu Siddheswar Ghosh (who patronized the famous Author Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay) and his brother Babu Aukhoy Ghosh. Presently the All Bengal Music Conference is held at 47 Pathuriaghata Street and is patronized by Babu Pradeep Ghosh <ref>Bandopadhyay, Debashis, pp. 30-1, Ananda Publishers, {{ISBN|81-7756-158-8}}</ref> This mansion is filled with marble sculptures, paintings, crystal chandeliers and other art objects. In the year 1849, Raycharan Ghosh (zamindar) moved out of Kolkata and thus another family tree of the Ghosh family found lineage. His son Upendranath Ghosh was the Attorney General for the Awadh district under the British India Empire. Upendranath's first son Lalit Kumar Ghosh unified the families back and constructed a mansion near Rashbehari Avenue in Kolkata and wanted to keep one of the oldest Durga Puja traditions in Kolkata alive by entrusting the sons of the family with the responsibility.

In the halls of the Ghose family at 46 Pathuriaghata Street, the All Bengal Music Conference was founded in 1937. Indian classical music was then a nascent art form; only ''[[baijis]]'' (courtesans) sang publicly. Manmathanath Ghose (1908 – 1983) was the first patron to invite [[Hirabai Barodekar]], a legendary musician, to the inner wing of his home, despite the protests of his wife. He considered it his honour to host talent, and the legendary sitar maestro [[Ravi Shankar]] met his guru [[Allauddin Khan]] there. The Durga Puja and its traditions continue to be followed by the current members of the family. Now the Durga Puja and its traditions continue to be followed by the sons of the family - Rajiv Ghosh(Tom), Soumik Ghosh (Jimmy) and Ronit Ghosh(Pip). The wife of former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the International Cricket Council , Jagmohan Dalmiya, hails from this family. The lineage of this family is amongst the oldest in Calcutta and can be traced back to 13 generations on records.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ryze.com/postdisplay.php?confid=2118&messageid=2554617
|title = The Kolkata Network | access-date = 2007-07-15 | work = Kolkata Through Adwaitya's Eyes | publisher = Ryze Business Networking}}</ref>

==Culture==
The Pathuriaghata Bayam Samity, the branch of 'Anushilan Samity' established by BaghJatin (Jatindranath Mukherhee) and Atul Krishna Ghosh.

==Pathuriaghata picture gallery==
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File:Kolkata Metroploitan Institution.jpg|The Burrabazar branch of the Metropolitan Institution
File:Kolkata Tagore Castle.jpg|Tagore Castle in 1907
File:Kolkata Tagore Castle2.jpg|A portion of what remains of Tagore Castle
File:Pathuriaghata Steee, Kolkata, India.jpg|Pathuriaghata Street, Kolkata, India
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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