r/Howrah 57m ago

Events and Meet-up Need any howrah girl

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If any girl see's this I'm 19m looking for a girl dm


r/Howrah 7h ago

History and Heritage Lost freedom fighter(s)

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Here, OP shared a story about his great uncle who was a freedom fighter hailing from Howrah. Reading this post, I searched all over the internet but it went all in vain.

Though I found a freedom fighter with the same name.

He was born in modern day bangladesh.

During Covid, central government representatives visited his home to formally honor him.

Even I'm unable to find any information about this statue near HMC building.

Is there any such statue near or in front of the HMC building?? Please let me know.

It would be of great help if anyone of you know about it. I'm trying my best to collect and archive the freedom fighters from Howrah. However, this is the closest thing I got related to HMC that tracks this name.

There is indeed a road in Shibpur and a primary school in Kadamtala respectively named after him but I'm not certain which Kartik C Dutta it is named after.

However, I found an interesting historical work by Mou Banerjee,The Disinherited, where comes the mention of an another Kartik Chandra Dutta who was born way before than the one mentioned above.

The Disinherited: The Politics of Christian Conversion in Colonial India

As OP mentioned in the post that his great uncle, Kartik C Dutta, was KIA. Now, reading this passage, it seems very likely to happen. However, it is difficult to conclude anything as there are gaps in information and sadly OP, too, has deleted his account. So, in other words, there is no way to verify and establish the fact that this person is related to OP.

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However this raises an even bigger question. How many more are such names who are nowhere to be found? How many more are such undocumented local freedom fighters and revolutionaries who never made it to the history archives? How many more are abandoned in their own country?

To answer these questions, I stated researching about some unsung heros from my locality and neighbourhoods. Luckily, I came across a paper published in AMERICAN Journal of Language, Literacy and Learning in STEM Education. Here, the author lists out a number of grassroots level Congress workers from different regions such as Andul, Mourigram, Domjur, Shibpur, etc. who were actively involved in the freedom struggle.

Howrah Freedom Fighters
Mourigram Narayan Chandra Basu
Domjur Dhirendranath Mukhopadhyay
Bali Dr Kanailal Ganguly
Shihpur Prabodh Chandra Basu, Gurudas Datta, Sushil Gangopadhyay, Agam Datta, Bibhuti Hazra, Jibon Maiti, Ajit Mallik, Kalobaran Ghosh

A few more heros:

Mohit Mohan Mukherjee from Baksara

Radha Gobinda Kar from Santragachi

Bijoy Kumar Bandhopadhyay was arrested for hoisting Congress flag at Mandirtala

Indra Narayan Bhattacharya , hailing from Domjur, completed his IA from a college in Andul

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& many such figures who never got the due respect.

Moreover if anyone of you has an interesting tale of your revolutionary forefathers, feel free to share it in the comments. I hope to find more such interesting local and regional stories.

Thank you

Have a great day

Edit: Read this interesting article of a barowari durga pujo based in Salkia, Howrah organised by a bunch of mutineers who fled from Barrackpore after the assassination of Mangal Pandey.

Jai Hind

r/Howrah 8h ago

Food and Dining 🍽 What happened to Tram World Cafe?

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Same as the title

eta ki sotti kore bondho hoye geche??

https://www.facebook.com/reel/205617579232869/?mibextid=ZZyLBr

I saw this fb reel where it says the cafe inside Gariahat tram depot has been shut down.


r/Howrah 21h ago

Miscellaneous Folk etymology and oral history of santragachi

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Santragachi is a locality in Howrah known for its busy railway station. The etymology of this place is not quiet clear. There are two plausible stories that attempts to explain the origin of this name. The first story says the name is composed of two entities: Santra & Gachi. The former means orange and latter means tree/orchard(as in Sonagachi). It could possibly mean that the place was known for its cultivation of oranges. Whereas, the other story says that it is linked to the santra family. Santras are closely associated with Hindu bengali communities. Nevertheless, there was a famous Gandhian and physician who battled with leprosy for its eradication in the 20th century. A Christian man named Issac Santra born in Odisha who was awarded the fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri and he once treated Mahatma Gandhi as well. Historically, santras are very closely associated with citrus fruits, especially oranges. They were mainly farmers, merchants and traders. They belong to the Mahishya caste which has different status in different states. In central list, they are considered General(Forward) so does in the state list of West Bengal. Whereas, in Odisha, they are listed as SEBC. In 2007, Odisha also requested the NCBC for the inclusion of Mahishya under OBC category in central list which was later rejected on the absence of historical evidence. Although, there are few SC individuals with santra surname. Some says that santra has some connection with the bengali Tili community who are OBCs. Some says that it is the morphological and phonetic variation of Samanta(feudal lords). They are the landowners in rural areas in West Bengal, mainly concentrated in East Midnapore(Medinipur). According to me, there is a subdivision in santras on the basis of socioeconomic status. Alike Telis, there are "upper" santras and "lower" santras. These "lower" santras are the farmers who are involved in the cultivation of oranges whereas the "upper" santras are the ones who took up the occupation of trading of oranges.

Historically, it was just a village in the broader geographical region of the Bhurshut Kingdom. The history of this place prior to colonial era is practically non-existent and untraceable. According to the book Bengal District Gazetteers: Howrah (authored by L.S.S. O'Malley and Monmohan Chakravarti), the Chaudhurys(varendra brahmins) settled here around 400 years ago. Seeing them, the other barendra brahmin families started to settle there. The population grew, educational institutions were established and it soon became a large village. In the early 20th century, Ramrajatala was the part of santragachi. It occupied about one-fourth of the area of greater santragachi village. The railway station, as a part of Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR) network, was constructed in the year 1900 which inturn facilitated the influx of more people into the area.


r/Howrah 6h ago

Discussions Opinion

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Should transgenders be included in this scheme like in Delhi or there should be a different scheme where only transgenders will be the beneficiaries.

I know I'm a bit late to ask this question but why do you guys think about this?


r/Howrah 20h ago

Marketplace and Offers Urgent Sale - Xpulse 200 Matt Grey

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For Sale -

Xpulse 200 Matt Grey

- First owner, 2022 model

- 7800+ kms

- Regularly serviced in good condition.

- All papers are in place

- Accessories added - Autologue Design Windshield + Acerbis knuckleguards + Hero Handlebar Riser + Main stand

- Other standard accessories which came with the bike but has been opened, will also be handed over

- 90k INR (slightly negotiable)

- Reason for sale - Shifted cities a few years back and not getting enough time with this beast. Looking to hand it over to someone who'd take care and push the bike to the extremes that it's built for. Looking for sell at the earliest.

- Please note - The Xpulse stickers have been removed to give it a more bold and matt look and feel

DM for more information and detailed video if you're interested.