It followed the same track as the old pilgrim path built by Sabarna Roy Choudhury from Halisahar to Barisha.
Barisha is located in Harem District of Idlib Governorate in the Ala Mountains near the Syrian border with Turkey.
The three villages were part of the khas mahal or imperial jagir (an estate belonging to the Mughal emperor himself), whose zemindari rights were held by the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family of Barisha.
Sutanuti had no roads, except the pilgrim path extending across it from Halisahar to Barisha.
The three villages were part of the khas mahal or imperial jagir (an estate belonging to the Mughal emperor himself), whose zemindari rights were held by the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family of Barisha.
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There were practically no roads in the area except the road connecting Halisahar in the north to Kalighat in the south (it was up to Barisha according to some).
Atul Krishna Ray, in his book Lakshmikanta: A Chapter In The Social History Of Bengal (1928) has written that Ratneshwar Roy Choudhury (1670–1720) belonged to the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family of Barisha-Behala.
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Out of these, six are at Barisha while the seventh is at Birati.