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]

References[edit]

↑ ^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)
↑ ^2.0 ^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
↑ 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.
↑ "Sabarna Sangrahashala". Museums of India. sahapedia.org. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
↑ "ইতিহাস ও ঐতিহ্যের ধারক সাবর্ণ সংগ্রহশালা | বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন". Bangladesh Pratidin. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[:0-1] 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)

[:1-2] 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.

[Museums_of_India-4] "Sabarna Sangrahashala". Museums of India. sahapedia.org. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[auto-5] "ইতিহাস ও ঐতিহ্যের ধারক সাবর্ণ সংগ্রহশালা | বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন". Bangladesh Pratidin. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

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Zamindari[edit]

Museum[edit]

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