Sabarna Roy Choudhury

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The Aatchala Bari remains. It was built by Laksmikanta Gangopadhyay.

The Sabarna Ray Chaudhurys (Bengali: সাবর্ণ রায় চৌধুরী) were Zamindars near Kolkata (earlier known as Calcutta), prior to arrival of the British.

Zamindari[edit]

The three villages of Sutanuti, Govindapur and Dihi Kalikata comprised a part of the jagirdari of Ray Chaudhury family — those territories were still owned by the Mughal emperor but the right to governance (and tax-collection, a major part of which was to be remitted to the Mughal Court) was granted to the Chaudhurys.[1][2] Sutanuti was a major wool-trading center during those times.[1]

On 9 November 1698, Prince Azim-ush-Shan (then-Viceroy of Bengal Subah) had a bainama (sale/transfer-deed) issued, conferring this jagirdari right on the East India Company; the Chaudhurys sold their rights to Charles Eyre for a sum of 1300 Rupees.[1][2][3]

Museum[edit]

Sabarna Sangrahashala (Bengali: সাবর্ণ সংগ্রহশালা) in Kolkata is run by the family.[4][5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Banka, Neha (25 August 2021). "Explained: 'Calcutta does not have a birthday', but it has some markers of urbanisation". The Indian Express.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Nair, P. Thankappan, The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol I, p. 11, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-563696-1
  3. Bhattacharyya, Debjani (2014). "Geography's myth: The many origins of Calcutta". In Pandey, Gyanendra (ed.). Unarchived Histories: The ‘mad’ and the ‘trifling’ in the colonial and postcolonial world. Abingdon: Routledge. pp. 148, 157. ISBN 9780415717755.
  4. "Sabarna Sangrahashala". Museums of India. sahapedia.org. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  5. "ইতিহাস ও ঐতিহ্যের ধারক সাবর্ণ সংগ্রহশালা | বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন". Bangladesh Pratidin. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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