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Bawali
Bawali is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Nodakhali police station in the Budge Budge II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History During the Mughal Period, the vaishnavite wealthy Mondals of the Mahishya community, who hailed from Nadia, established the zamindari in this area adjacent to Sundarbans. Originally Roys, Shovaram, the grandson of Basudev Roy (who lived between the end of 16th century and the early 17th century), was awarded the title—Mondal. Shovaram’s grandson, Rajaram, was a commander-in-chief (senapati) in Mughal army and suppressed a peasant revolt, and as a reward for his bravery, the Raja granted him ownership of 50 villages that included Bawali and Budge Budge. Rajaram’s grandson Haradhan, who became a trading partner of the East India Company, and his sons built many temples in Bawali turning the nondescript villages into a "temple town". At the invite of Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahishya
Mahishya (IAST: Māhiṣya) is a Bengali Hindu traditionally agrarian caste, and formed the largest caste in undivided Bengal. Mahisyas were, and still are, an extremely diverse caste consisting of all possible classes in terms of material conditions and ranks. Origin, epigraphy and texts The Kalaikuri-Sultanpur copperplate inscription of 440 CE brings to light the presence of Kaivartaśarman, a Brahmin Kuṭumbin (peasant landholder), in the local assembly (adhikaraṇa) in Varendra of Gupta period. Smritis, Puranas and medieval texts According to 13th century text Brihaddharma Purana, children of Shudra fathers and Kshatriya mothers are dāsa, an ''Uttam Sankar'' (literally, good mixed) and their occupation is agriculture. According to the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, whose chapter describing mixed castes was likely inserted after 16th century, Kaivarta was one born of a Kshatriya father and a Vaishya mother. Some ancient or mediaeval texts like Yājñavalkya Smṛti and Gauta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budge Budge II
Budge Budge II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Alipore Sadar subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography The Budge Budge II CD block is located at . It has an average elevation of . The Budge Budge II CD block is bounded by the Budge Budge I CD block and the Sankrail CD block in the Howrah district, across the Hooghly, in the north, the Bishnupur II CD block in the east, the Falta CD block in the south, the Sankrail and Uluberia I CD blocks in the Howrah district, across the Hooghly, in the west. The South 24 Parganas district is divided into two distinct physiographic zones: the marine-riverine delta in the north and the marine delta zone in the south. As the sea receded southwards, in the sub-recent geological period, a large low-lying plain got exposed. Both tidal inflows and the rivers have been depositing sediments in this plain. The periodical collapse of both the natural levee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alipore Sadar Subdivision
Alipore Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development. Subdivisions South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions: 18.26% of the total population of South 24 Parganas district live in Alipore Sadar subdivision. Administrative units Alipore Sadar subdivision has 5 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 43 gram panchayats, 268 mouzas, 243 inhabited villages, 3 municipalities and 36 census towns. The municipalities are at Maheshtala, Budge Budge and Pujali. The census towns are: Joka, Chata Kalikapur, Gan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budge Budge (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Budge Budge Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. Overview As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Budge Budge Assembly constituency is composed of the following: * Budge Budge municipality * Pujali municipality * Budge Budge I community development block * Dongaria Raipur, Kasipur Alampur, North Bawali and South Bawali gram panchayats of Budge Budge II community development block Budge Budge Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of the Legislative Assembly Election Results 2011 Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006 In 2006 and 2001 , Ashok Kumar Deb of AITC & in 1996, from INC won the Budge Budge Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rivals Ratan Bagchi of CPI(M) in 2006, Kali Bhandari of CPI(M) in 2001 and Dipak Mukherjee of CPI(M) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South 24 Parganas
South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore previously, with its Zilla Parishad now in Baruipur. It is the largest district of West Bengal by area and second largest by population. It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640). On one side of the district there is the urban fringe of Kolkata, and on the other the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans. History Originally, the capital of Raja Bikramaditya and Maharaja Pratapaditya was at Dhumghat. Later it was transferred to Ishwaripur (Originated from the name Jeshoreshwaripur). Maharaja Pratapaditya declared the independence of South Bengal from the Mughal Empire. Pratapaditya's father Shrihari (Shridhar), a Kayastha, was an influential officer in the service of Daud Khan Karrani. Upon the fall of Daud, he fled with the government treasure in his cus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choto Rasbari
Choto Rashbari or ''Harihar Dham'' of 93, Tollygunge Road, Kolkata - 33 is a Grade-I heritage building under Kolkata Municipal Corporation. History The temples were founded by Pyarilal Mondal and Monimohan Mondal, members of the Bawali Raj family. The construction started on 27th ''Phalgun'', 1252 and it took almost a year to complete. The temples were officially inaugurated on 31st ''Chaitra'', 1253 as per the Bengali calendar and when converted to Gregorian, it comes to April 1847. The temple complex are by the side of Adi Ganga, which one time served as a major pilgrim route and there is also a ghat named as Choto Rashbari Ghat with four columns; but alas now in pathetic state and the plasters have peeled. There was also a ''nahabatkhana''. Earlier there happened to be a room on either side of the ghat but now a wall has been put up thereby preventing access. A flight of stairs will lead one to the river. The condition of Adi Ganga is also the same as that of the ghat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rani Rashmoni
Rashmoni Das, popularly known as Lokamata Rani Rashmoni, also spelled as Rani Rasmani, (28 September 1793 – 19 February 1861), was an Indian businesswoman, entrepreneur, Zamindar, philanthropist and the founder of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Kolkata. She remained closely associated with Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa after she appointed him as the priest of the Dakshineswar temple. She was also one of the earliest social reformers in early nineteenth-century Bengal and was one of the forerunners of the Bengal Renaissance. Besides, she also led many of the resistances against the encroaching British administration and their presence in all walks of colonial society in the Bengal province. Her other construction works include the construction of a road from Subarnarekha River to Puri for the pilgrims, Babughat (also known as Babu Rajchandra Das Ghat), Ahiritola Ghat and Nimtala ghat for the everyday bathers at the Ganges. She also offered considerable charity to the Imperia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalighat Kali Temple
Kalighat Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, one of the 10 Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition. The temple is one of the 51 ''Shakti Pithas'' in India. According to the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana and Shakti Peetha Stotram, the toes of the right foot of Goddess Sati fell here, after Lord Vishnu's Sudarshan Chakra splintered her body into many parts to calm down Mahadev's rage during his cosmic dance. One of the oldest and most important places of worship in Eastern India, being one of the four Adi Shaktipeeth the temple draws hundred of thousands of devotees throughout the year, especially on occasions like Kali Puja, New Year, Poila Baisakh, Snan Yatra, Durga Puja and the numerous Amavasyas. Legend and importance The term ''Kalighat'' originated from the goddess Kali, who resides in the temple, and ''Ghat'' (riverbank), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Dakshineswar Kali Temple or Dakshineswar Kalibari is a Hindu navaratna style temple in Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River. The presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini (Kali), a form of Mahadevi or Parashakti Adya Kali, otherwise known as Adishakti Kalika. p.11. The temple was built in 1855 by Rani Rashmoni, a zamindar (feudal lord), and a devotee of Kali. The temple is associated with avatar Sri Ramakrishna and Sarada Devi, his wife and devotee mystic, both of 19th century Bengal. The main temple was inspired by Radhakanta temple in Tollygunge, built by Babu Ramnath Mondal of the Bawali Raj family. The temple compound, apart from the nine-spired main temple, contains a large courtyard surrounding the temple, with rooms along the boundary walls. Along the riverfront, there are twelve shrines dedicated to Shiva, Kali's consort, a temple to Radha–Krishna, a bathing ghat at the river, and a shrine dedicated to Rani Rash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adi Ganga
''Adi Ganga'' (also known as the ''Gobindapur Creek'' and ''Tolly's Canal''), is a stream that was part of the Hooghly River in the Kolkata area of India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since .... It was the main flow of the Hooghly River between the 15th and 17th centuries, but it eventually dried up due to natural causes.Roy, Niharranjan, ''Bangalir Itihas, Adi Parba'', , first published 1972, reprint 2005, p. 126, Dey’s Publishing, 13 Bankim Chatterjee Street, Kolkata, History In the 18th century, the British colonial government in India commissioned the excavation of Tolly's Canal by reviving part of the old route of the Adi Ganga. This was done to create a more direct and practical route for oceangoing ships, as the existing route was circuitous and impractical for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Clive
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British List of governors of Bengal Presidency, Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British East India Company (EIC) rule in Bengal. He began as a "writer" (the term used then in India for an office clerk) for the EIC in 1744, however after being caught up in military action during the fall of Madras, Clive joined the EIC's Bengal Army, private army. Clive rapidly rose through the military ranks of the EIC and was eventually credited with establishing Company rule in India, Company rule in Bengal by winning the Battle of Plassey in 1757. In return for supporting the Nawabs of Bengal, Nawab Mir Jafar as ruler of Bengal, Clive was guaranteed a jagir of £90,000 () per year, which was the rent the EIC would otherwise pay to the Nawab for their tax-farming concession. When Clive left India in Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
