Itachuna is situated in Hooghly,West Bengal.
My mother's mother's birthday place.
That is my paternal grandmother whose name was Shamsun Nahar and whose family is known as the Mullah Bari of Itachuna.
The Babus were neighbours of the Mullahs in Itachuna.My mother's paternal grandmother father was known as Ghani Mollah.
Lot of stories I heard about the Babus' or Kundu family.Investigatiing about them in the internet ,found they were part of the Maratha raiders that was raiding Bengal .They we're referred as Borgi' and hence Borgi' Danga.
One of the Kundans decided to stay in this cool area,guess they liked the looks and position of this area.
During their 300 years of rule they made some achievement as well as mistreatment.
During their no one was allowed to make their houses more than one or as equal in height to their own house.
But on other hand they established school, college and very good roads way before the West Bengal government did anything. After all they we're the zamindar of that area.
Thier college was named later :Bejoy Narayan Mahavidalya.
- Basic training college
- School
- An atmosphere of peace between Hindu and Muslims.
- College
- Lootera
- Andar Mahal
- And other serials by Aparna Sen.
This is an epic place an interesting place with history.
This family also provided asylum to a Muslim Zamindar in the 1940's.And some how they turned out to be our relatives.(my Aunt's nana happened to be the Muslim zamindar)
I visited many times but in Jan 2018,visited again.I was expecting a good reception but the manager appeared proud and little impolite.This was not expected from such a grand place which I heard so much about.
They do have site:
http://www.itachunarajbari.com/
Yes I was no guest,but there is some respect given as a neighbor or the mangers of the Kundu family needs training in PR.(Public Relations,that is).
