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2 unusual facts about Jorasanko Thakur Bari


Ganendranath Tagore

They used to live in what was known as the “Baitakkhana Bari” of Jorasanko Thakur Bari.

Jorasanko Thakur Bari

It was built in the 18th century on the land donated by the famous Sett family of burrabazar by Prince Dwarkanath Tagore (Rabindranath Tagore's grandfather).


Kathgola

the newly emerging urban Indian elites in Calcutta including notable grandees such as the Tagore and Mullick clans, with both of which he enjoyed close personal and financial relationships and who, flush with the economic gains made by Hindu merchant classes under British rule, were spearheading the Bengal Renaissance,


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